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Official government silence surrounds the status of negotiations seeking the release of an Australian and Canadian journalist taken hostage almost 15 months ago in Somalia. Listen to the audio dir...
Public pressure is growing on the Canadian government to free two journalists who were abducted in Somalia more than a year ago.
A group of five Canadian media organisations have banded together to petition the Canadian government and help raise awareness of the kidnap of freelance journalists Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brenn...
A Canadian freelance journalist kidnapped more than a year ago in war-ravaged Somalia has been moved by her captors to an even more remote location, say two organizations following the case.
One year ago today, freelance journalists Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan were kidnapped on the outskirts of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The duo are reportedly being held in poor condition...
For 12 months come Sunday, Amanda Lindhout, 28, of Sylvan Lake, Alta., has survived in captivity somewhere in the African country. There have been death threats, fluctuating ransom demands, lurid s...
"Together, the two families continue to work tirelessly to secure Nigel’s and Amanda’s safe release. With little outside support, the families, who have been united as one throughout this horrendou...
Sunday marks one year since freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, 28, of Sylvan Lake, and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, 38, were abducted at gunpoint near Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia...
One year after she was snatched off a Somalian roadside at gunpoint, Alberta-born journalist Amanda Lindhout remains held by her captors.
Now what about Amanda Lindhout? It seems this freelance journalist from Alberta, who has been held captive in Somalia since last August, has also been forgotten by Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence...
I n the wake of Bill Clinton's successful negotiations with the government of North Korea, which resulted in the freeing of two American journalists, some people have been calling for Prime Ministe...
ACTOR Anthony LaPaglia has called on the Federal Government to send elite SAS troops into Somalia in a bid to free kidnapped Australian photographer Nigel Brennan.
The same week, a woman claiming to be Sylvan Lake native Amanda Lindhout placed a distress call to a Canadian television station pleading for her government to pay a $1-million ransom, while a Soma...
The federal Member for Hinkler says he will be working to help a south-east Queensland photographer being held hostage in Somalia, when he attends the UN General Assembly.
Amanda Lindhout, the Canadian journalist kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008, has reportedly made a plea over the telephone to Omni TV. The heart wrenching plea was broadcast earlier today in Ontar...
Freelance reporter kidnapped in Somalia last year had been living spirited, risky lifestyle. John Goddard Staff Reporter
A Somali journalist kidnapped alongside Canadian freelancer Amanda Lindhout last August says he communicated with her daily through sign language during his captivity and she was in good health whe...
Efforts continue to free Lindhout By Lana Michelin - Red Deer Advocate Published: April 17, 2009 6:57 AM 0 Comments There’s nothing new, officially, on the status of kidnapped Central Alberta j...
Sources say the Canadian journalist Amanda and an Australian photojournalist are being held by the militia in the northeastern neighbourhood of Suqa Holaha neighborhood in Mogadishu. The abductors...
The Somalian group that first revealed a lower ransom demand for kidnapped Alberta journalist Amanda Lindhout claims it is working on her "unconditional" release. Lindhout, originally from Sylvan ...
In August, Somali gunmen grabbed two journalists — Canadian Amanda Lindhout (pictured) and Aussie Nigel Brennan — while the two were traveling to report on refugees outside Mogadishu. Aside from a ...
The Somalian group that first revealed a lower ransom demand for kidnapped Alberta journalist Amanda Lindhout claims it is working on her "unconditional" release. Lindhout, originally from Sylvan ...
Six months after she was kidnapped in Somalia, there is a glimmer of hope former Alberta journalist Amanda Lindhout MAY be released soon. Lindhout, originally from Sylvan Lake, and Australian Nige...
Six months ago today the first reports came in of the kidnap of Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, freelance photographer Nigel Brennan and their fixers and driver. The team were report...
OTTAWA, Feb. 23 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists urges the prime minister to redouble efforts to secure the release of Canadian journalists kidnapped abroad. Today marks six mont...
Six months after Alberta journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia, there is no news of her fate, an international advocacy group for journalists says. Lindhout, a 27-year-old native of ...
CNN International talk to Colin Freeman and José Cendón about their kidnap ordeal in Somalia. The duo were kidnapped on November 26, 2008 and held for some six weeks. The pair don't appear to have ...
Daud Abdi Daud, the General Secretary of the Somali Journalists Rights Agency (SOJRA), defends the report earlier this week of a possible escape attempt by kidnap victims Amanda Lindhout and Nigel ...
From $2.5 million to $100,000 - that's the reduction in the ransom demand for the release of Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan according to Can...
Abdifatah Mohamed Elmi, who was kidnapped along with Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan in August 2008, has been released along with, Marwali, the driver,...
"The two journalists are free after their ordeals," said the head of Puntland police, Abdullahi Said Samatar. "They're taking some rest now and they will be available later. I'm happy to see them r...
"What we can confirm is they are fine, in the same place and in the hands of the same group." [said Leonard Vincent, Africa desk chief of Paris-based Reporters without Borders]
Colin Freeman, a journalist with the Daily Telegraph and freelance photographer Jose Cendon are kidnapped while reporting on piracy in Bosasso.
The 15-day deadline to pay a $2.5-million ransom or else a kidnapped Canadian journalist would be killed has expired with no news about her status or her fellow captives.
The father of a Somali man - who was taken alongside freelance reporter Amanda Lindhout from Alberta and an Australian photojournalist - says the three are being poorly treated. According to the Af...
Leonard Vincent, who works for the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders, said the hostage-takers are simply trying to get the attention of Canadian and Australian authorities. “This shows th...
Press TV Iran report the journalists will be killed within 15 days if the ransom of $2.5 million is not paid.
“None of the Somali community has stood up and said that this is unfair, to take hostage a Canadian citizen,” Issa told the Straight. “It is shameful for us Somalis in North America to see this.”...
"It's usual that information doesn't leak whenever there are negotiations," Leonard Vincent said. "My take, from my expertise - negotiations have started again. Something is in the process."
"We are kindly requesting Skeikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad "Indha Adde" and his group to release the Journalists immediately with out condition as they respect the International Declaration of the Human R...
"We are kindly requesting Skeikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad "Indha Adde" and his group to release the Journalists immediately with out condition as they respect the International Declaration of the Human R...
The video showed Mr Brennan and Ms Lindhout, wearing an Islamic robe, along with armed Islamic militants. Ms Lindhout was speaking to camera but the tape's audio was not aired. Al Jazeera said the ...
AUSTRALIAN authorities are investigating video footage reported to be of Australian journalist Nigel Brennan and a Canadian companion kidnapped in Somalia. The footage, showing 35-year-old Mr Bre...
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the footage was being investigated. "We are aware that a video has been broadcast claiming to include footage of two journalists held cap...
Lindhout's cousin, Angie Stewart, said she has grown frustrated with wading through information in the media, some of which has turned out to be false. "To date, I have received so much conflicting...
"The kidnappers demanded 2.5 million dollars and we are trying to secure their release,'' said Dahir Farah, who has been participating in negotiations to free the three abducted in Somalia last mon...
The kidnappers are using the slower pace of the holy month to buy time in negotiations with influential local power brokers who are working to secure the release of Alberta native Amanda Lindhout a...
The Toronto Star is reporting that negotiations are underway to secure the release of a kidnapped Canadian journalist and her Australian and Somali colleagues
"Things are moving positively," said Vincent. "It is a crucial moment and it would be very dangerous to disclose more than that." Vincent said more information would likely emerge "in the coming da...
"What we have been able to glean is that the journalists - the Canadian, the Australian and the Somali - are unharmed, they have their clothes, they're getting food regularly and they may even have...
Omar Faruk Osman, secretary-general of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), said he believed a regional militia of the war-torn African nation's lower Shabelle region was behind the ar...
Tom Rhodes, Africa co-ordinator for the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, told CTV.ca on Monday that his sources say the militants are looking for a safe house to hold Amanda Lindhou...
What’s more disturbing is the possibility that the kidnapping was an inside job by one or both of the journos’ bodyguards/drivers. It’s telling that the Union’s statement makes no mention of the fi...
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sent extra diplomatic and police officials to west Africa to help investigate the kidnapping in Somalia of a group of reporters, including an Australian photojournalist. `...
Australian Federal Police and extra diplomatic staff have been sent to Somalia to probe the kidnapping of Australian photo journalist Nigel Brennan by members of an armed militia.
Because foreign journos are worth potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, Brennan and Lindhout might very well be alive and even in perfect health. But freeing them means reaching t...
Lindhout's cousin and Edmonton resident Angie Stewart was the first to write on the group's wall. In her post she thanked Argiroudis for creating the forum. "Amanda is my cousin, and now that her k...
Somali Press Freedom founder Daud Abdi Daud told Canwest News Service the group was "close" to establishing contact with the kidnappers of freelance reporter Amanda Lindhout, 27, of Sylvan Lake, Al...
"They were taken under the threat of firearms. It was an abduction," a security official at a hotel south of the capital told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity... "It's (clear) that they were...
The reporters, their Somali driver and two Somali guards were abducted on the way to see people displaced by the violence in Mogadishu and now living outside the city, said Abdihakim Haji, the brot...
not only were they working with the fixer I use out there, but also they were working probably with the same interpreter, same security guards, and the same car Philip and I used when we were out t...
I’m glad to report that my friend Ajoos, a fixer working at Shamo, was not among those kidnapped, but it seems two of Shamo’s security detail might have been. I’ve emailed Ajoos and some of my othe...
The Canadian is Amanda Lindhout, 26, a freelance journalist, and she had been working with a freelance photographer named Nigel Brennan, according to information on her profile on Facebook, Jesse J...
The two journalists, an Australian man and Canadian woman, had been staying at the Shamo Hotel and were scheduled to visit a refugee camp at Elasha, 17 kilometers (10 miles) south of Mogadishu, Ahm...
Early report on Twitter of a kidnap in Somalia - "Female Australian journalist 'abducted in Somalia': Two journalists, an Australian woman and a Canadian m.. "
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