For over three months, Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia with no sign of a release imminent. Her case is one that has many layers to it — and is fully explained here better than I could ever do it — and has gained publicity in recent weeks, but it can be simplified to the fact that she was withheld in the airport in Moscow after authorities claimed they found hashish oil in her luggage.
That, though, was in early March and Griner is still in custody in Russia. Originally, many around her and the WNBA asked the media not to make a big deal about it but as she’s remained in the country and America has declared her “wrongfully detained” in the last month, more and more attention has been brought to the case.