Hostage News
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Maryland media executive released in Venezuela prisoner swap
Story By: Katie Leslie and Rosbelis Quiñonez
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‘All need to come back’: Keith Siegel on remaining Hamas hostages
Keith Siegel, a freed Hamas hostage and U.S. citizen, said the U.S. risks losing the remaining hostages “the longer the war goes on.”
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CPJ: Israel is starving Gazan journalists into silence
CPJ launched its Voices From Gaza video series of Palestinian journalists describing their challenges working in Gaza.
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U.S. State Department Issues Syria Travel Advisory
The alert says, “Do not travel to Syria due to the risk of terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, hostage taking, and armed conflict.”
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Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on Mahmood Shah Habibi, Missing in Afghanistan
Mahmood Shah Habibi, an American businessman, was abducted in Afghanistan on August 10, 2022.
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My son is an American citizen held in Afghanistan for one year as of today
Ahmadulla Habibi, the mother of Mahmood Habibi, writes about the anniversary of her son’s arrest in Kabul in 2022.
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Agence France-Presse says it wants to pull its hunger-stricken journalists out of Gaza
Tags: Journalist safetyFrench news agency Agence France-Presse is calling on the Israeli government to allow its freelance journalists to leave the Gaza Strip because of a worsening…
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France pushes Israel to let media into Gaza
Tags: Journalist safetyIsrael tightly controls media access to Gaza.
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What We Know About Americans Freed in Venezuela Prisoner Swap
A group of 10 Americans freed in a hostage exchange with Venezuela included a U.S. Navy sailor and a water sports fan, reports say.
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America Secures Release of Navy Seal, Nine Others From Detention in Venezuela
“Until today, more Americans were wrongfully held in Venezuela than any other country in the world,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap
The Foley Foundation helped the families of Wilbert Castaneda, Lucas Hunter, Jorge Marcelo Vargas and Renzo Castillo.
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What we know about the Americans freed in a prisoner swap with Venezuela
Four of the freed include Wilbert Castaneda, Lucas Hunter, Jorge Marcelo Vargas and Renzo Castillo.