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false claims about what is going on, have been in abundance. journalists have been attacked and injured, so lots to discuss around the media s role. katya adler, the bbc s europe editor is with us. we have also gotjournalists who have been out reporting for french outlets. and we have got one of the bosses of agents france press, the big news agency. but before we get into that, i want to cross to new york and start with emma tucker, the editor in chief of the wall streetjournal. one of emma s reporters, evan gershkovich, has now been imprisoned in russia for more than 100 days. the authorities accuse evan of being a spy. charges that he, the us and the wall streetjournal all deny. he is the first western journalist to be detained in russia since the cold war. emma, welcome to the show. i will ask you for the latest on the situation any moment but can you just take us back and remind people the circumstances of his arrest back in march? evan is an accredited journalist ....
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Around since the cold war, since long before that. it s where they tend to take political prisoners. he s there. one new thing that we can report is he was finally granted consular access. the last time he got that was april 17. the us ambassador went to visit him onjuly three. we have very limited information but he is in good health. and he is bearing up 0k. i think he is there, he is reading, he can receive letters from people and he can send letters out, all heavily censored, ithink, everything goes through the censor, but he s doing. he s looking after himself as best he can. does he have access to a lawyer, to any of your lawyers? yes, he has some wonderful russian lawyers. that is where we get most of our information. we can t speak to him directly but we can contact him ....
The last time he got that was april 17. we have very limited information but he is in good health. and he is bearing up 0k. i think he is there, he is reading, he can receive letters from people and he can send letters out, all heavily censored, i think, everybody goes through the centre, but he is doing. years looking after himself as best he can. does he have access to a lawyer? yes, he has some wonderful russian lawyers. that is where we get most of our information. we cannot speak to him directly but we can contact him via the lawyers and he has a very good relationship with them and he is in regular contact with them. and the 100 day anniversary of his arrest, this friday, the 7th ofjuly, what more, if anything, can you tell us about this report ....
And what did you know early on? he was taken to this prison in moscow, which is notorious, it is a prison that has been around since the cold war, since long before that. it is where they tend to take political prisoners. he is there. one thing that we can report is he was finally granted consular access, the last time he got that was april 17. the us ambassador went to visit him onjuly three. we have very limited information but he is in good health. and he is bearing up 0k. i think he is there, he is reading, he can receive letters from people and he can send letters out, all heavily censored, ithink, everybody goes through the centre, but he is doing. he is looking after himself as best he can. does he have access to a lawyer? yes, he has some wonderful russian lawyers. that is where we get most of our information. ....