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Photos: TwitterYouTube The Black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde once said that she wrote “for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves.” Lorde further stated, “We’ve been taught that silence would save us, […]
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Brittney Griner should have been in Chicago on Saturday as her Mercury faced the Sky at Wintrust Arena. Instead, she’s 135 days into her detainment in Russia and one day into her trial on drug charges, which are punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Griner was arrested Feb. 17, a week before Russia […]
MOSCOW (AP) — More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, American basketball star Brittney Griner is to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing ahead of her trial. The Phoenix Mercury star, considered in some polls to be the United States’ most gifted female athlete, could […]
Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets player, asked on his Twitter account for support to the White House for the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner detained in Russia. Also, the Nets player posted the change.org link for fans to sign the petition so that the Biden administration can help release Griner and return her home safely. […]
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner before a WNBA game in 2015. Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Florida International University A week before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022,
WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in Russian court on Friday had 30 days added to her pretrial detainment on Friday. Griner has been detained since February after being arrested at an airport outside Moscow. A United States Department of State spokesperson told The Washington Post that U.S. diplomats were able to talk to Griner during Friday’s […]
Listen to this article here The U.S. State Department has now classified WNBA star Brittney Griner as ‘wrongfully detained’ by the Russian government. According to CNN, her case is now being handled by the office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA) Roger Carstens, a State Department official said. Griner has been […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian […]
The U.S. government now considers WNBA star Brittney Griner to be wrongfully detained by the Russian government, signaling a significant shift in how officials will try to get her home, sources familiar with her case told ESPN. The officials and other sources close to Griner’s case declined to say what led to the shift or […]