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The Latest Breaking News from Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner Supporters Planning Russian Embassy Outing, per Report

Cannabis advocates are planning a demonstration to demand Griner’s release from a Russian prison.

Sports Illustrated

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why is she detained in Russia?

The basketball star has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Independent UK

What is hashish oil and how did it land Brittney Griner in a Russian jail?

Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges on 7 July

The Independent UK

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What is a penal colony? Brittney Griner follows Navalny and Pussy Riot to notorious ‘concentration camp’ prison

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

The Independent UK

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why is she detained in Russia?

The basketball star has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Independent UK

What is hashish oil and how did it land Brittney Griner in a Russian jail?

Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges on 7 July

The Independent UK

Kremlin: Any talks about Brittney Griner swap must be confidential

The Kremlin has reiterated that any discussions about a possible swap involving U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner who is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia for drug possession must be strictly confidential

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What is a penal colony? Brittney Griner follows Navalny and Pussy Riot to notorious ‘concentration camp’ prison

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

The Independent UK

Kremlin: any talks about Griner swap must be confidential

The Independent UK

Kremlin says Griner prisoner swap must be negotiated behind closed doors

The Kremlin on Wednesday said that a potential prisoner exchange with the United States to free U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia on drug smuggling charges, can only be negotiated quietly.

Reuters

Brittney Griner news – update: WNBA star heads to penal colony where abuse, forced work common

The Russian court said that the remaining time the 32-year-old WNBA star must serve will be recalculated based on her pre-trial detention

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner is a 'hostage' in Russian jail as WNBPA releases scathing statement

WNBA star Brittney Griner had her appeal denied after she was arrested in Russia for smuggling hashish oil back in February and sentenced to nine years in prison

Daily Mirror

White House blasts Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing as a ‘sham’

President Joe Biden said U.S. efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner are ongoing but have not swayed the Kremlin, hours after a Russian court rejected her appeal of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence.

Tribune News Service

What is a penal colony? Brittney Griner follows Navalny and Pussy Riot to notorious ‘concentration camp’ prison

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

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Reason

Russian Court Denies Appeal From Brittney Griner

The WNBA player's nine-year sentence was upheld on Tuesday, paving the way for her transfer to a Russian penal colony.

Reuters

U.S. in 'constant contact' with Russia about Griner, Biden says

The United States is in "constant contact" with Moscow about Brittney Griner, the U.S. WNBA basketball star being held in Russia, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, after her appeal against a nine-year sentence for drug smuggling was denied.

Sports Illustrated

Griner Appeal Rejected: National Security Adviser Shares Statement

The U.S. government is reportedly still working with Russia on a possible prisoner exchange.

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Daily Mirror

WNBA star Brittney Griner has appeal over jail term rejected by Russian court

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner has had her appeal denied after she was arrested in Russia for smuggling hashish oil back in February and sentenced to nine years in prison

Al Jazeera

Russian court upholds Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence

US basketball star’s appeal rejected by Moscow court in what the White House calls ‘another sham judicial proceeding’.

Reason

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The Texas Tribune

Brittney Griner’s 9-year prison sentence upheld by Russian court

The Texas basketball star had asked for a suspended sentence. The White House is calling for her release.

Sports Illustrated

Brittney Griner Appeal Rejected by Russia

A Russian court made its decision amid reported negotiations with the U.S.

Reuters

Griner's lawyer hopes she can be exchanged in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's Russian lawyer said on Tuesday that she and her team hoped she could be released in a prisoner exchange with the United States.

Tribune News Service

Russian court rejects appeal of jailed US basketball star Griner

A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by WNBA star Brittney Griner against her nine-year sentence for drug smuggling, Interfax reported.

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