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I wrote a short ebook for families impacted by hostage diplomacy working w/ media. I had planned to release it after
#PaulWhelan
was freed but who knows when that will be.
Explan:
direct link:
CC-by-NC-SA
#arbitrarydetention
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Former President Trump appears to have mentioned my brother
#PaulWhelan
's wrongful detention more in the last 24 hours than he did in the 2 years of his presidency in which Paul was held hostage by
#Russia
(zero). I don't suggest he cares now any more than he did then (zero)
Trump slams trade with Russia, saying, "Why wasn’t former Marine Paul Whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? He would have been let out for the asking." Begging the question then of why Trump didn't free Whelan, who was imprisoned in 2018 during Trump's presidency
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My brother was detained by the Russian government on Friday as an alleged spy. While the law library + info focus will remain, you may see an increase in off-message topics until we get him safely home.
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One way you can help
#PaulWhelan
is to send him cards/letters, especially for holidays:
Paul N. Whelan
c/o American Citizen Services Unit Consular Section
5430 Moscow Place
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-5430
Yet another way
@StateDept
@USEmbru
supports Paul
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#PaulWhelan
begged then-President Trump to "tweet your intentions" but the Administration was silent. You judge a person by their actions or, in this case, inaction.
Thank you
@AliVelshi
, I've been looking through my own archive to find that plea from Paul
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Re-upping this for people who continue to trash
#BrittneyGriner
or
#PaulWhelan
or any hostage for their own personal vindictiveness. You play the Kremlin's game and you harm our families. I wish you would stop.
After years of “begging people” to take notice of Paul Whelan, his family was stunned to find cable news and social media replete with opinions about his plight this week,
@elainaplott
reports.
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@ananavarro
This is really kind of you. Paul will appreciate every piece of mail. Thank you so much!
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There should be no Americans who make the wrongful detention of any other American a political discussion. That goes doubly for politicians. Any other position plays into the hands and message of the hostage takers.
If
@POTUS
is going to release a guy convicted of providing aid to a terrorist organization & conspiring to kill American citizens, he should have at least gotten BOTH Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan in return.
A U.S. Marine is left behind in another bad deal made by Biden.
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Law librarian teaching moment: if you want to know which
@GOP
+
@TheDemocrats
raised their voices early in bi-partisan support for
#PaulWhelan
, see the co/sponsors Judge people by their actions, not their group. I'm grateful to both Republicans & Democrats
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Day 1,441 of
#PaulWhelan
's wrongful detention in
#Russia
. I hope everyone shares my happiness at
#BrittneyGriner
's return to freedom. It's a great day when a detainee gets home
If you can, a donation to Paul's GoFundMe would help us continue to help Paul
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If, in life, you have the opportunity to know only one good person, I hope you know someone who is as good as Trevor Reed and his family are.
We agree with the Whelan family regarding the former president's inaction towards our veterans held in Russia. Although there were govt officials working to free them, Trump never publicly mentioned our son at all.
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Thanks for asking. You can help
#PaulWhelan
by writing a card or letter (no packages) to the US
@StateDept
address at this page:
If you can spare it, a donation to his GoFundMe helps us support his prison needs:
@davidpwhelan
Thank you, Sir for speaking the TRUTH. Please rest assured that there are people out here still praying for the release of your brother. Let us know what we can do to help.
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While I disagree w/ this assessment, I appreciate that
@GOPLeader
was one of the 40+ bipartisan cosponsors of a House Resolution calling for Paul's release, and appreciate sincere advocacy to bring
#PaulWhelan
and other American wrongful detainees home
"Merchant of Death"—That's the nickname of the prisoner Biden returned to Putin. He was convicted of conspiring to kill American law enforcement.
This is a gift to Vladimir Putin, and it endangers American lives.
Leaving Paul Whelan behind for this is unconscionable.
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Day 1,439 of
#PaulWhelan
's hostage ordeal in
#Russia
. Paul's singing, which he started back in 2019 at Lefortovo, has the dual benefit of helping keep his morale up and driving the prison guards nuts.
#FreePaulWhelan
Surviving isn't living. Bring him home,
@POTUS
@StateDept
'He's lost 20% of his weight, he's getting older.'- David Whelan, brother of American Paul Whelan who is being detained in Russia. David told me his his brother sings the National Anthem everyday while in custody.
#NewsNationLive
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Today is a great day for every White House and State Department briefing to include questions about other American hostages:
Kai Li, Mark Swidan (China)
Emad Shargi, Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, Shahab Dalili (Iran)
Paul Rusesabagina (Rwanda)
more ...
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Welcome, new followers. Yesterday was an anomaly, so back to posts on libraries, law, and leadership. And occasional photos. No sick burns, hot takes, &c. Dunbar's number drives my social media usage, so I won't take an unfollow as any sort of sign. Here are some pelicans
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I appreciate
@SeanHannity
helping to raise awareness about
#PaulWhelan
's case, how to write a card or letter to Paul, and to contribute if you're able. Wrongful detention isn't a political issue, it's a human rights issue.
FREE PAUL WHELAN: Check Out the Website, See How You Can Help
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Thanks for all the support for
#PaulWhelan
. He would love a card or letter (no packages, he only gets 4 per year) if you would like to let him know he's not forgotten. *US* address here: Thanks for keeping him, and our family, in your thoughts.
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Day 1,444: Our family appreciates the ongoing commitment of
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
to bring
#PaulWhelan
home, and to keep his morale up.
"Keep the faith, we’re coming to get you."
On
#CNNSOTU
,
@StateSPEHA
Roger Carstens says that he personally spoke with Paul Whelan and tells
@DanaBashCNN
“there’s always cards” to play to bring him home from Russia.
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Day 1,443: Our family is so grateful for all of the support shown for
#PaulWhelan
. If anyone is able, a contribution to his GoFundMe will enable us to continue to support his needs in prison - food, medicine, phone calls - until he's home.
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Room Rater was not a looked for ally but every one is welcome! Thank you,
@RateMySkypeRoom
#BringThemHome
Room Rater Update. Things look positive for
#FreePaulWhelan
and
#FreeBrittneyGriner
. His brother’s setup is 10/10. Everyone keep working.
@davidpwhelan
@elizabethwhelan
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We appreciate
@JakeSullivan46
taking the time to talk w/
@ElizabethWhelan
today, & to reassure her that
#PaulWhelan
's release from wrongful detention in
#Russia
remains a priority of the
@JoeBiden
Administration
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There are dozens of Americans wrongfully detained around the world. If you can help amplify their stories, support their families, provide encouragement, it'd be greatly appreciated.
This
#GivingTuesday
, consider donating to our campaign to help support family-led advocacy efforts to
#BringThemHome
Two ways to give!
1. Give directly at
2. Buy
#WeAreBG
long sleeves by
@Playa_Society
at (JUST LAUNCHED).
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My op-ed in today's
@WashingtonPost
, talking about my brother, the utter impossibility of him being a spy, and my confidence that decisive action by
@RealDonaldTrump
can bring him home.
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My sister & I read
@BillBrowder
's "Red Notice" long before Paul's arrest by the FSB. Hugely helpful, and now req'd reading for our family. Also recommend last half of
@GWhittell
's "Bridge of Spies" for dealing w/ hall-of-mirrors police apparatus
@sglassmeyer
Bill Browder's book " Red Notice" is an incredibly good read about Kremlin tactics, oligarchs, Russian legal system
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Thank you
@ElainaPlott
for this careful look at an American hostage being trampled in order to score political points. We can all do better by having political discourse without tearing down hostages (current & former)
After years of “begging people” to take notice of Paul Whelan, his family was stunned to find cable news and social media replete with opinions about his plight this week,
@elainaplott
reports.
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TIL Google Voice has a profanity filter for its voicemail. It's pretty good. I've used Voice for a while but I've never seen this feature before.
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My brother's birthday and 67th day in Russian prison, wrongfully detained and charged as a spy.
#FreePaulWhelan
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#PaulWhelan
will have been wrongfully detained in a Russian prison for 200 days as of next Tuesday. It's a confusing, frustrating situation that is made worse by the lack of communication. [1/2]
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If there are people - and there are, in Congress, in US agencies - who want to change the math around hostage diplomacy, they should come up with a way to de-incentivize wrongful detentions rather than whistling past the graveyard. Do the work.
#FreePaulWhelan
Our
@newshour
interview with
@davidpwhelan
today:
He backs the Administration’s decision to make a 1:1 Griner/Bout deal, and refutes multiple criticisms that the deal shouldn’t have been concluded without
@freepaulwhelan
, and that it encourages hostage diplomacy:
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If you are looking for a way to help
#PaulWhelan
, a card or letter (no packages, please) or a donation if you can spare it, would help him continue to survive his wrongful detention until the US gov't brings him home
I appreciate
@SeanHannity
helping to raise awareness about
#PaulWhelan
's case, how to write a card or letter to Paul, and to contribute if you're able. Wrongful detention isn't a political issue, it's a human rights issue.
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So much bravery from Ilya Yashin, who committed the crime of voicing an opinion in
#Russia
. On being sentenced to 8 years: "Don't worry, anyone who thinks Putin is going to rule for 8 years is being *very* optimistic"
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@DeplorableAndre
Hostages returning to the US are immediately taken for medical exams and other medical care. They spend days or weeks recovering. Ms. Griner is getting the same care that Trevor Reed and the Citgo6 received. Our family is comforted knowing that Paul will receive that care too
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Our family is fortunate and Paul is blessed to have the years-long support and leadership of
@RepHaleyStevens
working his case. This day to honor US hostages and wrongful detainees will help families shine light on their loved ones' peril
Proud to join
@ChrisCoons
,
@SenRubioPress
, &
@RepFrenchHill
in introducing legislation to designate a national day and flag in honor of US hostages + wrongful detainees - a bipartisan, bicameral step in ensuring that the names of Americans unjustly held abroad are not forgotten.
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It means a lot to our family to hear
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
be so strongly supportive of
#PaulWhelan
, an American citizen held hostage by
#Russia
. Truly, the President of all Americans.
"We're going to follow through on that," Biden said, referring to US prisoners in Russia, including Trevor Reed and Paul Whelan. "I'm not going to walk away on that."
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Day 249:
#PaulWhelan
starts his 9th month in Russian prison: false arrest, wrongful imprisonment. Collateral damage in Russia's use of foreign citizens as political pawns to extract concessions
Let's call it out for what it is: There's an American being held hostage in Moscow on bullshit "espionage" charges.
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Day 1,806: it was heartbreaking to hear the recording of Paul saying those words to our parents, about our parents, and listening to them sob afterwards. Bring
#PaulWhelan
home,
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateSPEHA
@JakeSullivan46
On the 1-year anniversary of
#BrittneyGriner
release, Paul Whelan releases heartbreaking, desperate message, via
@davidpwhelan
:
“My parents are quite elderly and I have given up hope of seeing them again.
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@cwcain
It's a statement, which is not an invitation to conversation. Twitter allows you to choose whether to have a conversation with people or not. You can turn on replies when you want them. It's nice. I'm surprised you didn't know?
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Day 514: the Russian legal system has clearly lost its way. The prosecution wants
#PaulWhelan
to spend 18 years in a labor camp. Our family hopes the court does not agree - sentencing June 15 - or Paul is unlikely to ever see his parents again.
#injustice
@StateDept
#BREAKING
Russian prosecutors on Monday demanded 18 years in prison for a former U.S. marine Paul Whelan facing espionage charges
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Despite today's news, my Mum still had time to critique my blog post (pre-scheduled, fortunately).
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Day 1,387:
#IRunforJim
and
#PaulWhelan
... and Brittney Griner, Mark Swidan, Siamak Namazi, Kai Li, Paul Rusesabagina, and so many others.
#SanDiego
sleeps but efforts to bring wrongfully detained Americans home can't. Thank you,
@JamesFoleyFund
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Law librarian teaching moment: my ebook is free. It uses the Creative Commons licensing system and, in fact, is not intended to be used in a commercial way.
You can even incorporate it into your own book about how I'm a libturd, cuck, terrible brother
Swamp runs deep! BOOK DEAL? Knowing ur brother isn't even free yet. I have a feeling ur brother wouldn't like what u just stated while him being in prison. Knowing you're siblings he'd probably slap the left out of u! Crawl back into ur corner n pray he comes home safe dypshyt
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Day 1,315:
#PaulWhelan
is a 2-day drive fm Moscow. Russia withdrew from agreement that allowed US diplomats unhindered travel, so now US Embassy staff have to ask permission if going beyond 25 miles outside Moscow
#titfortat
On Russia's strategic placement of Whelan,
@davidpwhelan
: “He's about 8 hours from Moscow. It's not the normal way that it works in Russia...But they put Americans out about 8 hours away from the embassy, which makes it hard for the embassy to provide consular support.”
#AMRstaff
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This was kind of
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
and unlooked for, although greatly appreciated. It will mean a lot for
#PaulWhelan
and our parents to know that the President called.
NEW:
@POTUS
called Elizabeth Whelan today, per a White House official, and "reaffirmed that he is committed to bringing Paul home as soon as possible." Paul Whelan has been detained in Russia since late 2018
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Day 554:
#PaulWhelan
spends another
#July4th
in Russian prison. Meanwhile, the Russian gov't argues w/ itself, as Ryabkov deflates Moskalkova's trial balloon Today of all days, we hope
@SecPompeo
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
are working to gain Paul's freedom
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- 1,222 days
- 3 years, 4 months
- 40 months
However you style it,
#PaulWhelan
has spent over 5% of his entire life as a hostage in Russia.
#BringThemHome
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
David Whelan, the brother of Paul Whelan, who's been held by Russian officials since 2019, gave an update on his sibling's condition to
@ABC
News.
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My thanks to
@BillHemmer
@AmericaNewsRoom
for giving me an opportunity to talk about
#PaulWhelan
's ongoing detention in Russia. Paul's fortunate that great Americans like
@JonHuntsman
and
@DavidJUrban
have been willing to advocate on his behalf
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One specific way you can help
#PaulWhelan
is to send him mail, especially for the holidays:
Paul N. Whelan
c/o American Citizen Services Unit Consular Section
5430 Moscow Place
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-5430
Yet another way
@StateDept
@USEmbru
supports Paul
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#FreeRusesabagina
What a strong family!
@CKanimba
and
@AnaiseKanimba
are holding
#Rwanda
's gov't to task for kidnapping their father (hero fm Hotel Rwanda)
#arbitrarydetention
Thank you for welcoming us at the
@WhiteHouse
today to advocate for our dad, Paul Rusesabagina’s release from wrongful detention in Rwanda.
#FreeRusesabagina
#WhiteHouse
#Rusesabagina
#Rwanda
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Day 1,414: on this Veteran's Day, my thoughts are w/
#PaulWhelan
, who served w/ the USMC in Iraq, and is now a
#Russia
hostage. I look forward to being able to wish him a Happy Veteran's Day in person. Happy
#VeteransDay
to all who have served. Bring him home,
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
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I have realistic expectations about a Presidential summit. It is easy to want to put the cart before the horse and expect immediate outcomes. Thanks to
@AnaCabrera
@CNNNewsRoom
for the chance to talk about
#PaulWhelan
, Russian hostage.
"The President is responsible for all of the American citizens wherever they are, and so it's a very difficult situation for him to have to decide about," says David Whelan, brother of Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia, ahead of Biden's meeting with Putin.
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Day 1,636: Flora, the dog
#PaulWhelan
mentioned in notes he showed in Russian courts, has died aged 15. We'd always hoped Paul might be home to see Flora again. Just another part of Paul's life that his Russian hostage takers have stolen from him.
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#PaulWhelan
was injured in a Russian prison, where his treatment by guards worsened after making human rights complaints. On Friday, a judge gave the FSB investigator 4 more months - he's had 8 already - to hold Paul and attempt to force a confession
Novi resident Paul Whelan was injured this month in the Moscow prison where he's been held for more than eight months, his family says.
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Today's the day my brother would have returned from Russia if he hadn't been detained by the Russian government on as-yet unknown charges of spying.
#PaulWhelan
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#PaulWhelan
is fortunate to have so many advocates in the US government. We're grateful for
@RepHaleyStevens
leadership and hope that the passage of H.Res. 336 - calling for Paul's freedom - will increase
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
resolve to secure Paul's freedom
House unanimously passed a resolution calling on Russia to release US citizen Paul Whelan on the same day Trevor Reed returned home after his Russian imprisonment.Whelan's Rep Stevens (D-MI):"This is incredible news..Paul & his family deserve to experience the same joy & relief."
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Day 1,211:
#PaulWhelan
remains a Russian hostage but is not forgotten. We're glad to see House Resolution 336 may be considered in the House next week Our family is grateful to sponsor
@RepHaleyStevens
& 41 Members of Congress who have co-sponsored
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Day 1,528: Happy birthday to
#PaulWhelan
. If you can send him a birthday card, I'm sure he'd appreciate it.
American Citizen Services/PNW
Consular Section
5430 Moscow Place
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-5430
Bring him home,
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateSPEHA
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Day 650:
#PaulWhelan
remains wrongfully detained by the Russian Federation. The end of this injustice will only occur w/
@SecPompeo
@StateDept
engaging with the Russian government. American citizens held hostage by foreign gov'ts deserve action.
Paul Whelan will have spent two years in a Russian prison as of this Christmas and
@realDonaldTrump
has not once said his name aloud in public remarks or mentioned him during his phone calls with Putin.
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Day 1,358:
#PaulWhelan
isn't home but it means a lot to our family for
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
to show this continued commitment to securing Brittney Griner's and Paul's freedom. It is hard for a family to have courage w/o
@WhiteHouse
@StateDept
leadership to free their loved one
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@Robinsm86398738
I'm a law librarian, not an expert on arms trade. I trust the US government, who I know has that expertise, to make the decision. If it's good enough for
@POTUS
, it's good enough for me, no matter what name is in that office.
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Day 1,308: sometimes it's only when a journalist asks me that I realize a fact, like today is 41 months exactly since
#PaulWhelan
's false arrest and wrongful detention began (December 28, 2018-July 28, 2021)
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Day 1,918: We appreciate the Biden Administration never misses an opportunity to remind Americans that Paul remains a
#Russian
hostage, and of their commitment to bringing Paul Whelan home. We will hold him to that commitment.
@POTUS
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
@JakeSullivan46
Evan Gershkovich, a reporter who was only doing his job, has been wrongfully detained by Russia for a year. Russia should stop arbitrarily detaining individuals like him and Paul Whelan for political leverage. People are not bargaining chips. Evan, Paul – we will bring you home.
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I had a chance to write something about what it's like trying to help
#PaulWhelan
, for
@Newsweek
. Dozens of American families are facing these same challenges, trying to bring their loved ones home (learn more: )
#BringThemHome
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Team
#FreePaulWhelan
gets ready to start the
@JamesFoleyFund
Freedom Run/Walk in Manchester, MI. Our mum and dad are in the back! Never too old to walk for freedom. Bring them home
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
#IRunForJim
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Day 1,906: Paul Whelan remains a Russian hostage but we are grateful to the Irish government for their years of aid. Thank you
@DFATIrl
for your consular support of
#PaulWhelan
.
#StPatricksDay
#FreePaulWhelan
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Got to love librarians. My parents are getting help from the local public library to set up their access to our online collaboration tool for managing the effort to get Paul released
#trust
#expertise
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Day 1,791:
#PaulWhelan
's 5th Thanksgiving as a Russian hostage away from our family has passed. We are thankful that
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
continue to try to bring Paul home.
Leaving a Nantucket fire station, Pres. Biden tells reporters he's "not prepared to give you an update until it's done" but is "keeping my fingers crossed" for the hostage deal. Asked for his message to Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich this holiday, he said, "We ain't giving up."
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Day 1,400:
#PaulWhelan
has been a hostage of the Kremlin since
#Russia
's wrongful arrest 46 months ago. I saw someone tweet "is Paul still there?" Yes. Yes, he is
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
@SecBlinken
@StateSPEHA
@JakeSullivan46
Fourteen hundred days. Bring Paul home.
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Twitter has become unbelievably fragile, frightened behind its increasingly high walls. To suggest that "Twitter is where the public conversation is happening" at the same time seems disconnected from reality.
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@VictoriRaeW
@seanhannity
I was brought up that, when someone did me a kindness, I should say thank you. I can be grateful for both
@SeanHannity
and
@JoeBiden
's help. The world doesn't have to be that complicated.
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Day 186: We realize the US diplomats working on
#PaulWhelan
's behalf need to work behind the scenes, but Paul has asked for a public sign of support from the US administration, to no avail.
The brother of American detained in Russia tells me he was “surprised” Trump didn’t bring up at G20 with Putin: “TO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC STATEMENT OF SUPPORT THAT PAUL IS WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN RUSSIA IS HARD TO BEAR” - David Whelan, brother of Paul Whelan.
@CNNnewsroom
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Day 1,894: Paul Whelan spends a sixth birthday as a Russian hostage. How many more?
Bring
#PaulWhelan
home,
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@JakeSullivan46
@StateSPEHA
@FreePaulWhelan
#FreePaulWhelan
Today, wrongfully-detained U.S. citizen
@freepaulwhelan
is spending another birthday in a Russian labor colony on false charges. After 5+ years, it is past time the Biden Admin brought him home to his family.
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Did the 2023
@JamesFoleyFund
Freedom Run. I walk for
@FreePaulWhelan
, my twin brother, a
#Russia
#hostage
. I walk hopeful our elderly parents will see
#PaulWhelan
again, free and in person, before they die.
If you can, pls donate to the Fnd'tn
#IRunForJim
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If
#PaulWhelan
were free to communicate, his family wouldn't be learning about his health from
@PolygraphInfo
fact checkers quoting his lawyer, debunking Russian government statements.
#Russian
authorities have refused to let
#PaulWhelan
have a single phone call with his family during his eight-month incarceration in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison. Whelan’s mail correspondence with his family takes up to two months each way to arrive.
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Day 1,600:
#PaulWhelan
waits.
December 2022:
@SecBlinken
: a substantial proposal has been made.
@StateDept
: we urge the Kremlin to accept it.
May 2023:
Kremlin: 🦗🦗🦗🦗
What next,
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateSPEHA
@JakeSullivan46
? How much longer for Paul to wait?
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Day 759:
#PaulWhelan
is an American citizen who remains wrongfully detained in a Russian labor camp. We look forward to
@POTUS
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
engaging w/ Russia to seek Paul's freedom. A new pattern would be a welcome improvement,
@PressSec
. Thank you.
A reporter asks
@PressSec
about Biden's plans to help American Paul Whelan, who was convicted of espionage in Moscow.
Psaki says she'll get back, but emphasizes that "we don't plan to follow the same pattern as the last administration."
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Day 535:
#PaulWhelan
sentenced to 16 years in a labor camp. US Amb. John Sullivan calls it "a mockery of justice". We hope the
@RealDonaldTrump
Administration will now take action to bring Paul home.
@SecPompeo
@StateSPEHA
@StateDept
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Deep dive into recently extradited Russian hacker Alexei Burkov by
@BrianKrebs
why Russians might resort to holding American hostage to get Burkov back (connection to Israeli-American citizen in this
@Andrew__Roth
@Guardian
piece: )
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@arcticmother
@SusanInDelaware
I think people may forget that a hostage and their family are not celebrities or public figures, we're just trying to advocate. It's hard to do when people make something like hostage-taking into a political contest, and use the hostage for their own twisted purposes.
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@NahBravoNah
I don't think stating a fact about a person's actions or inactions is anger. And I disagree with your other statements. I wish the "Americans" who "are pissed off" would direct that anger towards bringing home dozens of OTHER Americans held hostage around the world
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Day 1,700:
#PaulWhelan
remains a hostage of
#Russia
. The Kremlin's criminals have stolen his life. Get Paul's freedom back,
@POTUS
. Bring him home
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
@JakeSullivan46
#FreePaulWhelan
@freepaulwhelan
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#Russia
has been sanctioned for its illegal invasion. Those sanctions should not be lifted until
#PaulWhelan
&
#TrevorReed
are released unconditionally. Hopefully all Americans in Russia will escape before they suffer the same fate as Paul and Trevor.
.
@StateDeptSpox
: We have advised American citizens to consider departing Russia immediately on commercial options still available.
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Fascinating to observe research behavior in real time: limits of public records databases, social media mining. Need to look beyond fingertips
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Day 1,779: keeping U.S. veterans in my heart, no matter where they are or how their lives turned out after their service.
Bring
#PaulWhelan
home
@POTUS
,
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
@JakeSullivan46
#VeteransDay2023
#Veterans
#Veteran
#Russia
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Day 1,671: in the last 20 days,
#PaulWhelan
has been given ~670 pieces of mail postmarked December 2022. We are so grateful to
@BrittneyGriner
for asking people to write to Paul, and to people like
@AnaNavarro
and
@SeanHannity
amplifying that call. He knows he's not forgotten
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1 Year, 2 Days:
#PaulWhelan
remains a political hostage of the Russian Federation. They are unable to show that he is anything but a tourist. Unfortunately,
@SecPompeo
@StateDept
, having waited a year for evidence, seem incapable of helping Paul to turn to his family.
Paul Whelan's family has been battling American diplomacy and the Russian government for more than a year after he was incarcerated on accusations of being a spy
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One of best ideas I had during pandemic was to take photo of favorite interview backdrop at home, at table level, during pandemic. Have used this virtual version from a dozen or more geographic locations. One fewer thing to worry about (where am I) when news breaks
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For those who don't click links, Ms. Griner is using her book to help highlight wrongful detention cases like
#PaulWhelan
's. She doesn't owe anyone anything and it's extremely good of her to choose to do this. Be like BG.
Brittney Griner is working on a memoir detailing the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia.
It is scheduled to release in the spring of 2024.
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Whelans walked for the
@JamesFoleyFund
Freedom Run all over the world today. Including
#PaulWhelan
, who figured out how to participate from his Russian prison. Illegitimi non carborundum. Paul hasn't given up,
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
, we hope you don't
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If you're able, join recently released Americans and the families of detained Americans at the
@BOFHCampaign
vigil and rally in Washington D.C. in May.
#BringOurFamiliesHome
#FreePaulWhelan
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateSPEHA
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Day 1,376:
#PaulWhelan
hasn't had a stauncher advocate in Congress than
@RepHaleyStevens
, from the very beginning. I appreciate her continued leadership on freeing Americans held hostage and arbitrarily detained
Since entering Congress, I've been fighting for the release of my constituent Paul Whelan, who is wrongfully detained in Russia. I'm honored to continue working to free every wrongful American detainee as the new co-chair of the American Hostage Task Force.
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@Steve6599
I wouldn't. Congressional Republicans have supported Paul, helping pass Resolutions in the House and Senate calling for his freedom. I'm grateful for
@HouseGOP
@SenateGOP
@SenateDems
and
@HouseDemocrats
and the support and advocacy they've brought to Paul's wrongful detention
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#FreeRusesabagina
I hope
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
are able to bring the hero of "Hotel Rwanda", kidnapped and wrongfully detained, back home to his family terrible case of hostage diplomacy
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On Saturday, my twin brother, Paul Whelan, and I were both in Hell. Mine was in Michigan but
#PaulWhelan
is in a Russian prison, where guards abuse his rights, and the police have isolated him for the last year.
It's time to
#FreePaulWhelan
and return him to his family
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Thank you to whomever in
@FSIN_Russia
was responsible, b/c
#PaulWhelan
was allowed his first phone call to our parents today. Over 500 days since they last spoke. Thanks to
@USEmbRu
@USEmbRuPress
@StateDept
for advocating for Paul's right for a simple phone call.
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Day 1,898: Our parents are flying the new flag for
#PaulWhelan
and other hostages and wrongful detainees. Bring Paul Whelan home,
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@StateDept
@StateSPEHA
More on the new flag:
#FreePaulWhelan
@FreePaulWhelan
Today is the first U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day. A day that we reaffirm our mission to bring home Americans who are wrongfully held overseas.
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Entrepreneurial Ukrainians will one day be able to take tourists to look at Cruiser «Москва» sitting on the sea floor, submerged along with any respect the Russian military once had . Perhaps paid for w/ Russian war reparations
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