Press Freedom: Top 4 Stories of the Week | VOA News

VOA Press Freedom reporter Cristina Caicedo Smit brings us the top 4 news stories for this week, September 14, 2023.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday called on Moscow to immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich.

Speaking at the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russia's actions were "beyond cruel" and "a violation of international law."

Gershkovich has been detained in Russia since March 29 on espionage charges that he and his publication, The Wall Street Journal, deny. The Moscow-based reporter was arrested while on assignment in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg.