Tag: Brittney Griner
Brittney Griner’s wife: “The crime and the punishment is disproportionate at its finest”
Cherelle Griner speaks out on a Russian court denying her wife's - weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner - appeal to her 9-year prison sentence,...
Brittney Griner supporters plan pot ‘smoke out’ outside Russian Embassy
Demonstrators with advocacy group DC Marijuana Justice plan to gather at the Russian Embassy in Washington and light up in protest of Russia’s treatment...
Brittney Griner faces difficult conditions at the Russian penal colony
Weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner will enter a system of isolation, grueling labor, and psychological torment when she is transferred to a penal colony...
Antony Blinken: “Today’s denial of appeal for Brittney Griner is another failure of justice”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had strong words for Russia after a Moscow court upheld the decision to sentence weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney...
NBA has ‘direct conversations with the US government’ on Brittney Griner
After a Russian court upheld its nine-year prison sentence of weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talked about Griner being detained...
Ned Price: “We want to see Brittney [Griner] returned to her loving family”
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price spoke with CNN on Tuesday, after a Russian court upheld its nine-year prison sentence of weed-smuggler WNBA player...
Brittney Griner: “People with more severe crimes have gotten less than what I was...
In her final statement delivered via video from a detention center outside Moscow, weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner emphasized how mentally taxing her eight-month...
Jake Sullivan: “President Biden has been very clear that Brittney should be released immediately”
A Russian court on Tuesday denied weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner’s appeal and upheld her nine-year prison sentence on drug charges. National security adviser Jake...
Brittney Griner’s lawyers speak outside court
A Russian court on Tuesday denied Brittney Griner’s appeal after WNBA player begged for forgiveness for her “mistake” – upholding her nine-year prison sentence...
Russian court rejects Brittney Griner’s appeal
A Russian court on Tuesday rejected Brittney Griner’s appeal after the jailed WNBA player begged for forgiveness for her “mistake” - upholding her nine-year...
Russian court hears appeal by Brittney Griner
A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing WNBA player Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner was convicted on Aug....
Brittney Griner ‘not expecting miracles’ at Russian appeal
Weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner "does not expect miracles" at her appeal hearing on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail term, her lawyers said...
Brittney Griner turned down the opportunity to play basketball in prison
According to Insider, weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner has not touched a basketball in the eight months she's spent detained in Russia. Though she...
Kyrie Irving calls on Joe Biden to ‘do your job’ to free Brittney Griner
The Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving took center court before Wednesday's game to issue a plea on behalf of WNBA player Brittney Griner. "I...
Yuri Ushakov says Joe Biden wants Brittney Griner freed for midterm boost
A former Russian ambassador to Washington has claimed that US President Joe Biden is desperate to secure WNBA player Brittney Griner’s release to get...
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