THE PRESS OFFICE
July 2, 2022
The following is attributable to the Global Citizens International Movement Press Office:
The International Movement Global Citizens calls on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to assist the movement in establishing contacts with the family of Brittney Griner, with the aim of joining the family representative in the international civil initiative “We’ll Bring Them Home Alive.”
We also call on Brittney Griner’s family to join the international civic initiative — “We’ll Bring Them Home Alive.”
Details
U.S. Basketball star Brittney Griner appeared in a Russian court on July 1 for the start of a drug-possession trial more than four months into her custody and with U.S.-Russian relations at a low point, Radio Free Europe reports.
Of note
The U.S. State Department in May classified Griner as “wrongfully detained” and shifted oversight of her case to its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on July 1 that “the famous athlete was detained in possession of prohibited medication containing narcotic substances” and thus the case “can’t be politically motivated.”
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