The US-Russia prisoner swap shows how journalists risk being used as geopolitical bargaining chips
- Written by Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
The photo of returning prisoners in an American plane, all grinning from ear to ear, says it all: the joy, the relief and the success of an incredibly complicated mission.
The freeing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, former US Marine Paul Whelan and a host of others is the biggest...
