Members of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) Pheonix Mercury have met the US State Department to discuss fellow player Brittney Griner’s months-long imprisonment in Russia.
The State Department confirmed the meeting on Monday, saying it included officials from its office that advocates for hostages and wrongfully arrested Americans. Griner was arrested in an airport in Moscow on February 17 after Russian authorities said they had found a vape cartridge containing a cannabis derivative in her bag.
