Twenty-two editors of leading French media groups published a letter to Alexei Mechkov, the Russian ambassador to Paris, denouncing the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
The French editors said the espionage trial facing Mr. Gershkovich would be “a tragic masquerade.”
“The whole array of French media is united in support of Evan and stands with the WSJ to demand his libération,” Bernard-Henri Lévy, president of the supervisory board at broadcaster Arte France, as well as a human-rights activist, wrote in an email. Earlier on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov toThe following French editors signed the letter:• Alexis Brézet, managing editor, Le Figaro;Catch up on the headlines, understand the news and make better decisions, free in your inbox every day.
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