Time for Russia to release Paul Whelan WashTimesOpEd
Last month, the Western world came to a halt when Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained byHundreds of journalists, including this one, came to his defense, including hundreds of Russian reporters who bravely risked imprisonment to do so. In its April 17 issue, Time magazine listed Mr. Gershkovich as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for courageously remaining inThree months before Mr. Gershkovich’s arrest, the U.S.
Mr. Whelan is not the celebrity Ms. Griner is, and his circumstances lack the Fourth Estate implications associated with Mr. Gershkovich’s case. While the media has reported on Mr. Whelan’s case, there is no outcry as there was for Ms. Griner and Mr. Gershkovich. National security adviser Jake Sullivan reaffirmed the unfairness of the situation, saying, “Paul and the Whelan family recently showed the entire country the meaning of generosity of spirit in celebrating a fellow American’s return whileWhile some of Mr. Whelan’s story is unclear, we know he was born in 1970 in Ontario, Canada, and later served as a police officer in his home state of Michigan. In 1994, Mr. Whelan risked his life to do something only 1 in every 10,000 Americans do each year.
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