According to her legal team’s statement on Wednesday, the imprisoned American basketball player Brittney Griner has been transferred to a Russian penitentiary camp. Check out complete details about it below.
WNBA Star Brittney Griner Relocated to a Russian Penal Colony
Her nine-year sentence for drug possession was upheld by a Russian court last month, despite her appeal.
“Brittney was moved from the Iksha prison facility on November 4th. Right now, she is travelling to a correctional camp. Her legal team added in a statement, “We do not have any information on her precise location at this time or her intended eventual destination.
“Every minute Brittney Griner is subjected to unjustified incarceration in Russia is a minute too long,” stated White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The President has instructed the Administration to pressure her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the circumstances she could be made to suffer in a prison colony while the Administration continues to fight relentlessly to win her release. The United States, as we already stated, A major offer was made by the government to the Russians in an effort to end the unjust and intolerable incarceration of American people now taking place. ”
At the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, authorities allegedly discovered vape canisters with cannabis oil in Griner’s luggage. Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and an eight-time all-star centre for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. She was found guilty on August 4.
Although Griner claimed that she had packed the canisters accidently in a rush and that she had no malicious intent, she did confess that she had them in her suitcase. Her defence team provided formal confirmation that she had received a cannabis prescription to manage pain.
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