UN / US DETAINED JOURNALISTS

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Speaking to journalists, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States, said, “We will not rest. And we will not relent until Paul, Evan, and all hostages and wrongfully detained Americans are brought back safe and sound.” UNIFEED

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DATELINE: 24 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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1. Close up, shot, exterior, flag, United Nations Headquarters

24 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan left, Thomas-Greenfield walking to stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“The United States has made a proposal for Paul's release, and we urge Russia to move on with that proposal. It's time to let Paul come home; in the meantime, we will not stop. We will not rest. And we will not relent until Paul, Evan, and all hostages and wrongfully detained Americans are brought back safe and sound.”

FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

4. Close up, cameraman

24 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Right now, Paul Whelan is in a Russian penal colony, simply because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And right now, Evan Gershkovich is being wrongfully detained by the Russian government simply for doing his job as a respected journalist, as you are doing here today.”

FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

5. Close up, cameraman

24 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Whelan, sister of detained Paul Whelan:
“Paul has not committed a crime, but a crime has been committed against him. I no longer know what my brother looks like. The images that we see on television and on the news, that's Paul Whelan in the life he was living before he was taken captive. No one has been allowed to take a photo of him since his trial almost three years ago.”

FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

7. Close up, camera

24 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Whelan, sister of detained Paul Whelan:
“And who will be their next victim? It doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to see that Russia will continue to push the boundaries. I am here today to tell the global community that one way to engage in effective multilateralism is to confront those countries that resort to hostage diplomacy. And I am here to tell Russia free Paul Whelan.”
9. Pan right, Thomas-Greenfield, Whelan leaving stakeout

STORYLINE:
Speaking to journalists today (24 Apr), Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States, said, “We will not rest. And we will not relent until Paul, Evan, and all hostages and wrongfully detained Americans are brought back safe and sound.”

The US Representative explained, “Right now, Paul Whelan is in a Russian penal colony simply because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And right now, Evan Gershkovich is being wrongfully detained by the Russian government simply for doing his job as a respected journalist, as you are doing here today.”

She also said that the United States had made a proposal for Paul Whelan's release, “and we urge Russia to move on with that proposal. It's time to let Paul come home.”

Elizabeth Whelan, sister of Paul Whelan, addressed reporters today, too.

She said, “Paul has not committed a crime, but a crime has been committed against him.”

She added, “I no longer know what my brother looks like. The images that we see on television and the news that's Paul Whelan in the life he was living before he was taken captive. No one has been allowed to take a photo of him since his trial almost three years ago.”

She concluded, “And who will be their next victim? It doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to see that Russia will continue to push the boundaries. I am here today to tell the global community that one way to engage in effective multilateralism is to confront those countries that resort to hostage diplomacy. And I am here to tell Russia free Paul Whelan.”
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