What’s News, Breaking: Monday, March 25, 2024
WSJ HOLDS SWIM IN HONOR OF JOURNALIST JAILED IN RUSSIA
BRIGHTON BEACH — REPORTERS FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON MONDAY gathered on the Brighton Beach boardwalk to hold a swim in support of their colleague Evan Gershkovich, a New Jersey native and Journal reporter, to commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of his detention in Russia on espionage charges. The swim, joined by the Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers club, is one of several being held in solidarity around the world, including events in California, the U.K., Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand, in what the Journal says is a nod to Gershkovich’s love for Brighton Beach and England’s Brighton seaside resort.
The U.S. State Department has declared Gershkovich’s detention to be unlawful; the Journal has called repeatedly for his release, and says it is working with the government and his family to press for his return.