What Does ‘Wrongfully Detained’ Mean? What We Know About WSJ Reporter and Others

Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is the latest American to bear the designation, which indicates that the U.S. government sees him as the equivalent of a political hostage.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/world/europe/wrongfully-detained-us-citizens.html