WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Vice President JD Vance to advocate for the immediate release of two U.S.-affiliated journalists who have been detained by Azerbaijani authorities, while the Vice President is in the country meeting with its leaders this week. In his letter, the Senator wrote that the two journalists - former Voice of America correspondent Ulviyya Ali and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Farid Mehralizada - have been detained for no reason other than their connection to the United States and have been subjected to inhumane treatment. He stressed that their detentions ...