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Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, was supposed to be home by now.

Wrongfully Detained US Citizen Paul Whelan Attacked By Fellow Inmate In Russian Prison Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times,. Paul Whelan, a retired…

Paul Whelan, an American detained in a Russian prison, was assaulted by a fellow inmate on Tuesday, his brother said in a statement.

The family said anti-American sentiment is high in Russia.

The husband of a Russian-American journalist being held in a Russian prison on suspicion of violating Moscow’s law on “foreign agents” urged the U.S. government on Tuesday to designate her as "wrongfully detained". Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), was charged last month with failing to register as a foreign agent when she travelled to Russia in May to visit her elderly and ailing mother. Her husband Pavel Butorin said sh...

The Biden administration touts its commitment to bringing home every American wrongfully detained abroad, but it is a selective one.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been detained by Russian authorities for six months now.

The release of the Americans who were wrongfully detained in Iran ends a years-long saga that included lengthy detentions in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.

The Biden administration secured the release of seven Americans imprisoned in Iran on Monday in exchange for President Joe Biden granting clemency to five Iranians held in the United States and unfreezing $6 billion of Iran's money.

She said every hostage’s family is competing to get the precious U.S. diplomatic resources for their own loved ones.