Dozens of Americans still remain held overseas by foreign governments, and the recent arrest in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has drawn fresh attention to their plight.
WASHINGTON — Relatives of Americans detained abroad gathered outside the White House on Wednesday to urge the Biden administration to do more to bring their loved ones home. They said they wanted more direct access to President Joe Biden to be able to better make their case.
“Seeing all these people come home in the last year, I think it shows us that it’s possible. There just needs to be the will — from the president, from the highest levels of our government — to bring our families home,” Harrison Li, whose father, Kai Li, has been imprisoned in China since 2016, said in an interview before the event.
“When he called us,” said Reed’s father, Joey, “it meant everything to us. I mean, it gave us a complete new perspective and an ability to hang in there until he brought our son home.”
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