Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain behind bars after a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention on Tuesday, reports Anna Chernova of CNN.
Chernova reports, “The Moscow City Court said in a statement it was sending the motion back to a lower court – effectively quashing it for the time being.
“The decision is the latest legal setback for Gershkovich, whose pre-trial detention has been extended twice since his arrest, once in May and again in August. An appeal against his first pre-trial detention was also denied.
“With the court’s latest decision, Gershkovich will remain in jail until at least November 30, Russia’s Tass news agency reported.”
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