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Biden: All jailed journalists should be released

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, speaks with his lawyers while standing behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. [Reuters]

U.S. President Joe Biden has called for the release of all imprisoned journalists including three American reporters who have been jailed over their work, in a Friday statement commemorating World Press Freedom Day.

"Journalism should not be a crime anywhere on Earth," Biden said in the statement. "On World Press Freedom Day, the United States calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all journalists who have been put behind bars for simply doing their jobs. And we call for the protection of journalists everywhere, including during military operations."

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