Austin Tice: Mr. Tice, a Polk Award-winning journalist who worked for McClatchy and the Washington Post was detained in 2012. The U.S. has recently held direct talks with Syria about issues including Austin’s safe return. On August 14, 2024, he will have been held 12 years – longer than any U.S. journalist. He is from Houston.
Updates on of Cases of Journalists Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kermasheva
May 3 2024
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May 3, 2024 at 9:00am
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Holeman Lounge
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NPC Newsmaker
This event is open only to NPC members & credentialed press
On Friday, May 3 at 9 a.m. the National Press Club will hold a news briefing to provide updates and status of cases of journalists: Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva. National Press Club President Emily Wilkins will sit down with Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice, Paul Beckett of the Wall Street Journal, and Steve Capus of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to discuss the status of their respective cases.
This event is open to all credentialed press and members of the National Press Club. Registration required. A livestream of the press briefing can be accessed here.
Speakers
Evan Gershkovich: Mr. Gershkovich was reporting for the Wall Street Journal when unjustly detained by Russian security forces. He has been held more than a year without trial. He is charged with espionage, which is vehemently denied by his employer and his government. Evan was fully credentialed by Russia to report in Russia. His family lives in Philadelphia.
Alsu Kurmasheva: Ms Kurmasheva, an editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was visiting her mother in Russia and was detained upon departure. She has dual U.S.-Russian citizenship. She is detained for failure to register as a foreign agent. The U.S. government has not yet declared her wrongfully detained even though she meets all criteria. She has been held about 200 days. She lives in Prague with her husband and teenage daughters.