U.S. journalist working for Radio Free Europe detained in Russia
The Hindu
Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva detained in Russia, charged with failing to register as foreign agent. Kurmasheva faces up to 5 years in jail if found guilty. RFE/RL and CPJ call for her immediate release, citing journalism is not a crime. Gershkovich, WSJ reporter, also detained in Russia since March on spying charges. No public evidence of allegations.
A Russian-American journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, her employer and a journalist watchdog group said Wednesday.
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the US Congress-funded outlet's Tatar-Bashkir service, "needs to be released so she can return to her family immediately," RFE/RL acting president Jeffrey Gedmin said in a statement.
"Alsu is a highly respected colleague, devoted wife and dedicated mother to two children," Gedmin said.
She is the second US journalist to be held by Russia in recent months. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been detained since March, accused of spying.
Kurmasheva was being held at a temporary detention center as of Wednesday evening, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement, citing state media Tatar-Inform.
A representative of Russian human-rights news website OVD-Info told CPJ that Kurmasheva would "most likely" be transferred to pre-trial detention shortly.
Kurmasheva lives in Prague, Czech Republic, but entered Russia on May 20 for a family emergency, the CPJ said.
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