Brittney Griner's Russian detention hits 200-day mark

05.09.2022 - 21:17 channelnewsasia.com

Monday marked 200 days since WNBA star Brittney Griner was first detained in a Russian airport.The Phoenix Mercury center was arrested Feb.

17 with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage.Griner, 31, was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony on Aug.

4 on drug smuggling and possession charges.On Monday - Labor Day in the United States - the Women's National Basketball Players Association issued a plea on social media for all U.S.

union members to sign a Change.org petition in support of Griner.United States President Joe Biden has said Griner is being "wrongfully detained."Diplomats for Russia and the U.S.

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Brittney Griner was weighing heavily on the USA team at the basketball World Cup in Sydney and the jailed star's number 15 jersey would not be worn at the tournament. Griner, a standout when they won gold at the Tokyo Olympics last year, would normally be with the squad as they attempt to claim a fourth straight title and 11th overall, starting Thursday against Belgium. But the 31-year-old is instead in a Russian prison, sentenced to nine years in a penal colony after being arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing vape cartridges with a small amount of cannabis oil.

With Brittney Griner still in jail, WNBA players are skipping Russia

SYDNEY (AP) — Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason.