NYTIMES (Karoun Demirjian) - State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained
U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Russia frees gravely ill Marine veteran Robert Gilman after Trump intervenes with Putin
Russia released American Marine veteran Robert Gilman on humanitarian grounds after more than four years of disputed imprisonment, a unilateral move secured by President Trump with no prisoner exchange and no concessions. Gilman, 32, a Massachusetts teacher and former Marine, left Russian custody on Tuesday after spending 47 days in what his advocates described as […] The post Russia frees gravely ill Marine veteran Robert Gilman after Trump intervenes with Putin appeared first on American Almanac .
Russia released American Marine veteran Robert Gilman on humanitarian grounds after more than four years of disputed imprisonment, a unilateral move secured by President Trump with no prisoner exchange and no concessions. Gilman, 32, a Massachusetts teacher and former Marine, left Russian custody on Tuesday after spending 47 days in what his advocates described as "a dissociative stupor," hooked up to a feeding tube and handcuffed to a hospital bed. He was en route to a U.S. military hospital in Texas for medical and psychological treatment, with Trump posting that Gilman would first arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday evening. Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, the group that had been working to…Open
NPR (Kat Lonsdorf) - A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Steph Whiteside) - Men briefly detained in Guthrie case seek over $3M in damages
Lawyers filed a notice of claim for two men who were detained during the search for Nancy Guthrie.