Elizabeth Whelan is asking Russia to free her brother Paul after more than four years of detainment.
Elizabeth Whelan -- the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been detained in Russia for more than four years -- attended the UN Security Council meeting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired on Monday,"I am here to tell Russia: free Paul Whelan," Elizabeth Whelan said in remarks prior to the meeting.
Russia, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, scheduled the meeting to highlight the principles of the UN charter. Each month the Security Council's presidency rotates among the 15 members. She was joined by Thomas-Greenfield, as well as the Irish and Canadian ambassadors to the UN. Paul Whelan has US, Irish, Canadian and British citizenship.
"Russia, the convener of today's meeting, invaded its neighbors in Ukraine and struck at the heart of the UN Charter. And Russia, time and time again, has violated universal human rights and fundamental freedoms both outside and inside its own borders -- that includes arbitrarily detaining political activists, journalists and opposition leaders as well as the wrongful detention of American citizens," she said.
The US government was unable to secure Whelan's release last year when it brought home two other Americans who had been wrongfully detained in Russia -- Trevor Reed in April and Brittney Griner in December. Elizabeth Whelan has urged the Biden administration to do more to free her brother.
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