Paul Whelan

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Whelan is still waiting for Congress to fund a law designed to help returning hostages.

Paul Whelan says the U.S. government has not funded a law designed to help wrongful detainees like him. And Michigan agencies put up barriers for Whelan to resume his life

The Act provides two million dollars of funding for sanctions against countries that take U.S. citizens hostage, or to use in prisoner exchanges, which might help deter nations from using Americans as trade bait

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U.S. State Department officials are demanding Russia release “wrongfully detained” journalist Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, has been jailed in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage-related charges that both he and the U.S. government dispute. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, has been jailed in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage-related charges that both he and the U.S. government dispute.

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to release Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year sentence after being convicted of espionage

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan native Paul Whelan both held on separate charges of espionage.Whelan’s family say they’ve begun to worry whether the US government is prioritizing his release.