She is a political prisoner. Period. 99% of people who face court in a Russian court get found guilty. She’s facing up to 10 years. Family, our work to raise awareness has been working. But to guarantee BG’s safe return, President Biden and the state department needs to negotiate her release from Russia. 00:00 Welcome […]
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Late Monday, a State Department official sent ESPN a statement, saying, “The Department of State has determined that the Russian Federation has wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Brittney Griner. With this determination, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens will lead the interagency team for securing Brittney Griner’s release.” What?! It’s been 75 days […]
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It’s been 55 days since Brittney Griner was detained by Russian Federal Customs Service. 55. We still have more questions than answers and it feels like it will be that way for a while. I have been following the story closely and want to give an update to share the things I’ve been hearing and […]
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I feel compelled to give this story all of our time today. I haven’t felt like the media coverage has been sufficient and if we don’t tell our own stories who will. It’s important that we continue to keep Brittney in the news cycle because we cannot allow her to be lost in the midst […]
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Brittney Griner’s wife Cherelle posts a heartbreaking and a heartfelt message on Instagram as the news cycle picks up the story that Brittney has been detained in Russia for weeks. GLAAD released it’s “Where We Are On TV” report and more lesbians are represented than ever before. We salute Lucia “Lucy” Harris today for Women’s […]
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