Press Club to join effort Thursday to mark one year of journalist Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia

National Press Club members will join representatives of other journalism organizations on Thursday, March 28, to mark one year of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being jailed on bogus charges in Russia.

The group will assemble at 1 p.m. at Freedom Plaza for a photo with the U.S. Capitol in the background. The photo will be used to support the Journal's efforts to free Gershkovich, who was arrested while working and has been held without trial for a year.

Gershkovich's sister, Danielle, and Paul Beckett, the Journal associate editor leading the efforts to free him, will be there, along with members of the Journal's Washington bureau, The Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership, Radio Free Europe/RL and Voice of America. The goal is to get 100 participants.

Freedom Plaza is located between 13th and 14th streets, E Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.  If you have any questions or can't find the group, contact Bill McCarren at 202-725-7787.

Participants are asked to print out the #IStandWithEvan message, bring it with them, and hold it up during the photo. Please arrive a few minutes early so the photo can be taken promptly at 1.

After the group photo, individuals will be able to take selfies for social media. The National Press Club will post the photo on social media and members are encouraged to retweet it.

The event is expected to conclude by 1:15 p.m.