Brittney Griner moved to Russian penal colony, legal team says

USA TODAY's Lindsay Schnell discusses the fallout from Brittney Griner being denied appeal by the Russian courts.MOSCOW – Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday.“Brittney was transferred from the detention center in Iksha on the 4th November. She is now on her way to a penal colony. We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final destination,” the statement from her legal team said.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long. As the Administration continues to work tirelessly to secure her release, the President has directed the Administration to prevail on her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the conditions she may be forced to endure in a penal colony. As we have said before, the U.S.

Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.Griner admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage, but testified that she had inadvertently packed them in haste and that she had no criminal intent.

This is clearly a hostage situation. How much lower can russia fall...

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Keep hee Russia.

A really sad and unjust situation. Smh. I wish her the very best.

Oh-Our-God: Thus, 🇺🇸USA needs to declare WAR against Russia🇷🇺 for persecution of a US/Americans citizen. *Brittney Griner*. As long as 🇺🇸USA keeps accepting DISRESPECT from another SOVEREIGN-Nation. (FYI, duh and now you know).

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Looking woke now

They're called gulags.

Russia is not a place to be taken lightly, she will learn.

Theyy don’t want youu to know thiss

We have people in AMERICA in jail for reporting things the government didn’t want out. ALL Governments do shady things.

Pretty much been taken hostage. Yet who is doing anything about it POTUS BrittneyGriner

Gay

She'll be breaking rocks on her knees.

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What American basketball star Brittney Griner could face in a Russian penal colonyThe institutions have a history of human rights abuses. This story gets entirely too much press. She did the crime, she deserves to do the time.
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