In honor of World Press Freedom Day, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times are running a joint ad in their newspapers Friday calling attention to journalists detained overseas.

“Today marks 401 days since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained in Russia,” the letter reads. “Today also marks 4,281 days since freelance journalist and Washington Post contributor Austin Tice was abducted while reporting in Syria.”

The three news organizations said they continue to urge the U.S. government to do everything possible to bring Gershkovich, Tice, and all unjustly detained journalists home safely.

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