Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter falsely accused by Russian authorities of spying, was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after being wrongfully convicted in a hurried trial that the U.S. government has condemned as a sham.

“We will continue to do everything possible to press for Evan’s release and to support his family, said Almar Latour, the chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker said in a statement.

Gershkovich, a 32-year-old U.S. citizen, has been imprisoned since March of last year, when he was detained by the country’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, while on a reporting assignment in Yekaterinburg, about 900 miles east of Moscow. Russian prosecutors approved an indictment of Gershkovich, falsely alleging that he was gathering information about a Russian defense contractor on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency.

to the Jewish community, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The U.S. has said it is working to release Gershkovich and other Americans held in Russia.