{"id":94571,"date":"2023-04-14T07:14:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T07:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/brittney-griner-says-shell-fight-to-bring-home-captive-americans-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T07:14:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T07:14:18","slug":"brittney-griner-says-shell-fight-to-bring-home-captive-americans-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/brittney-griner-says-shell-fight-to-bring-home-captive-americans-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner Says She&#8217;ll Fight To Bring Home Captive Americans In Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-1f34e3659fb515c7388659ba46afad47\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0c5b6041-9737-42af-8ad5-b3d8b5ea9ca7-1647294937-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0c5b6041-9737-42af-8ad5-b3d8b5ea9ca7-1647294937-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/55\/16by9\/2023\/04\/13\/55f9e8b7917544fdb873d7a6ad52f8a8_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1f34e3659fb515c7388659ba46afad47--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c332bacc1febd8fd55fe511ae66b84ec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been 4 months since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/brittney-griner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Brittney Griner<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>was launched from a Russian penal camp, however the WNBA star hasn&#8217;t forgotten in regards to the Americans left behind, vowing to proceed to battle for the discharge of U.S. residents being held captive in Russia.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c332bacc1febd8fd55fe511ae66b84ec--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-32317b2832da04e4b55d2a84172bdc6c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>32-year-old Griner made a shock cameo at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/al-sharpton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Al Sharpton<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s National Action Network&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Empowerment Luncheon in NYC on Thursday, the place she addressed the group.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-32317b2832da04e4b55d2a84172bdc6c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3cfba603aba54d8845383725c69e313\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cI want to continue to fight to bring home every American detained overseas. That means everything to me,\u201d Griner stated, flanked by her spouse <strong>Cherelle Griner<\/strong> and Sharpton.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3cfba603aba54d8845383725c69e313--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-15ea5a2a54e24afddc4e6842e408e90c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-1534589d-5612-463d-b25f-a67a3d57254f-1673141084-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-1534589d-5612-463d-b25f-a67a3d57254f-1673141084-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/12\/16by9\/2022\/12\/09\/126ea1f3f8b5482d9d86831f796969d9_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">12\/09\/22<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">AP<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-15ea5a2a54e24afddc4e6842e408e90c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bdb47fb34f4266edda30cc8c9b5cf533\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, Brittney was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/08\/04\/brittney-griner-apologizes-in-russian-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>sentenced<\/strong><\/a> to 9 years behind Russian bars after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/07\/07\/brittney-griner-brings-picture-of-wife-to-russian-court-as-trial-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>discovered responsible<\/strong><\/a> on a drug cost. After 10 months spent in a jail cell and penal colony, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/08\/brittney-griner-freed-russia-agrees-prisoner-swap-viktor-bout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>returned residence<\/strong><\/a> on December 8 in a high-profile prisoner change.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bdb47fb34f4266edda30cc8c9b5cf533--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f471159ba71748807f89b19d81e9d3aa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After months of negotiations, the U.S. agreed to ship <strong>Viktor Bout<\/strong>, generally known as the &#8220;Merchant of Death,&#8221; serving a prolonged jail sentence within the States, again to Russia as a part of a commerce.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f471159ba71748807f89b19d81e9d3aa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-467395f593ed92c8aee877aea903202a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20221208_1cb48c7f8ad54dd08309cfeef6f3ad17\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a89007a8-a5c7-4843-a75f-424b1bdc8ec2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/4by3\/2022\/12\/08\/1cb48c7f8ad54dd08309cfeef6f3ad17_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"brittney griner\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-467395f593ed92c8aee877aea903202a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3fb00cb26f342dd66be6571e7224e644\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>At the time of her launch, the federal government was criticized for not getting again U.S. Marine <strong>Paul Whelan<\/strong>, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/08\/paul-whelan-disappointed-joe-biden-after-being-left-behind-brittney-griner-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>locked up<\/strong><\/a> in Russia since late December 2018.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3fb00cb26f342dd66be6571e7224e644--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b1d3af8679b59d420e99fe1ddeba918b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>On Thursday, Griner made it clear she hasn&#8217;t forgotten about Whelan and a number of other different Americans who&#8217;re nonetheless abroad.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b1d3af8679b59d420e99fe1ddeba918b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3a75e3724ba92eb4ecc8ce024e8f361b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20230413_91246363634a48fbba8be44540c4ae42\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a89007a8-a5c7-4843-a75f-424b1bdc8ec2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/91\/4by3\/2023\/04\/13\/91246363634a48fbba8be44540c4ae42_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Evan Gershkovich and paul whelan  getty\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3a75e3724ba92eb4ecc8ce024e8f361b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6bb9ec5663ab284b6086e22b6f7f4d7b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Brittney&#8217;s not alone. 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Ambassador <strong>Linda Thomas-Greenfield<\/strong> gave the keynote speech and talked in regards to the significance of bringing again &#8220;Every single American who&#8217;s being unjustly detained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6bb9ec5663ab284b6086e22b6f7f4d7b--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material It&#8217;s been 4 months since Brittney Griner was launched from a Russian penal camp, however the WNBA star hasn&#8217;t forgotten in regards to the Americans left behind, vowing to proceed to battle for the discharge of U.S. residents being held captive in Russia. 32-year-old Griner made a shock cameo at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-94571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}