The hashtag ‘I Stand With Evan’ started trending after Wall Street Journal dedicated its entire first page to Evan Gershkovich, a journalist with the newspaper who remains detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage.

Friday, July 7, marked the 100th day since Gershkovich was arrested in Russia. He was detained in Yekaterinburg, on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains “while trying to obtain secret information” relating to “the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.”

The cover page for WSJ depicted a huge photograph of Gershkovich with the words “100 days” splashed behind his head. The photograph came with the caption “#ISTANDWITHEVAN” in the boldest letters.

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Soon people who resonated with the sentiment started either posing with the newspaper held in their hands or taking photographs of the paper and sharing them on social media with the same. Here are some of the posts:

Even journalists from Moscow Times have shown their solidarity with Gershkovich, against the Russian government:

To mark this occasion, Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal penned an extensive open letter that was published both in print as well as on their site.

“Today marks 100 days since our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich was detained while reporting in Russia,” she wrote. “He remains in prison, falsely accused by the Russian government of espionage. The WSJ and the U.S. government vehemently deny this bogus allegation and are calling for his immediate release. Evan is a distinguished journalist whose coverage has provided an important window into one of the world’s largest countries. His unjust arrest is a brazen violation of press freedom that has far-reaching consequences for journalism and the media, as well as for governments and democracies. A free press is pivotal to maintaining a free society and we all have a stake in this.”

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She added: “In the days since Evan was arrested we have been inspired by the support that you, our readers, have provided. It has helped us to keep Evan’s plight at the top of the news agenda. As we reflect on this difficult milestone, we encourage you to continue sharing Evan’s reporting and the latest updates on his situation. Journalism is not a crime, and we will not rest until Evan is released.”

Before being detained, Gershkovich was based in the Wall Street Journal’s Moscow bureau. He had accreditation from the Russian Foreign Ministry to work as a journalist in the country. His last report from Moscow published on Tuesday focused on the slowdown of Russia’s economy after the West imposed sanctions on the Kremlin following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.