WASHINGTON — The U.S. House has passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner, whom the U.S. government considers to be wrongfully and unjustly detained in Russia.
The bipartisan resolution, introduced and led by Reps. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., had 65 cosponsors in the House, including six Republicans. Allred, Jackson Lee and Stanton first introduced the resolution in May.
The resolution calls on the Russian Federation to not only immediately release Griner but to ensure her human rights are respected and she has access to U.S. consular services. It also expresses support for former Marine Paul Whelan and “all prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the Russian Federation.”
