Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: captives

captives stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - The Taliban says it will execute a captured American soldier if the US does not withdraw from two districts in southeastern Afghanistan, the Voice of America reports. A Taliban rep said today the soldier is healthy but will be killed if operations in Paktika and Ghazni continue. The fate of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Taliban • captives • US military • Paktika • US Army • soldier • Ghazni • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • American soldiers • capture

 1M-Plus March for
 Colombian Hostages 

Cities across the globe show support for captives

Jul 20, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than a million people marched in Bogota, Columbia and other world capitals today demanding the freedom of captives held hostage by leftist rebels in the Columbian jungle, AFP reports. Recently liberated captive Ingrid Betancourt led chants of "No More hostages" in Paris on Columbia's independence day, as famous... More »

MORE ABOUT:
captives • Colombia • protests • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

FARC Will Punish Remaining Captives: Ex-Hostage

US contractors rescued from Colombian rebels speak to press

Jul 8, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speaking to the media for the first time since his rescue Wednesday, a former FARC captive warned that remaining hostages would face retribution over the escape, CNN reports. “Right now, they're being punished because we got rescued,” said US government contractor Marc Gonsalves. They’ll be made to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
captives • Colombia • press conference • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • hostage

 Fritzl Told Victims
 He'd Gas Them 

Sister-in-law says he'd 'spend whole nights down there'

May 1, 08 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Josef Fritzl threatened to gas his captive daughter and their children if they tried to escape, the Guardian reports, claiming he had rigged a toxic-gas system in the basement. Meanwhile, the possibility of an accomplice arose for the first time today, when a 12-year lodger at the house said he... More »

MORE ABOUT:
captives • rape • Austria • abuse • toxic gas • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

They're Lucky They're Not in Guantánamo

Novelist notes British captives have it easy, as detainees go

Mar 30, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's British captives may be embarrassed and anxious, but they  appear to be better off than many detainees in American and British hands, observes novelist Ronan Bennett. "They have not been hung from a forklift truck and photographed for the amusement of their captors. They have not had electrodes... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iran • torture • captives • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • hostage

British Captives
Standoff Stiffens

Experts say there is no clear border between Iran and Iraqi waters

Mar 30, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - London and Tehran and ratcheted up the rhetoric over the 15 British soldiers being held captive in Iran yesterday, the LA Times reports: Britain got the UN Security Council to issue a statement of "grave concern," while Tehran released more video of sailors professing guilt and issued charts... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tony Blair • diplomacy • London • Tehran • captives • Persian Gulf • Britain

Iran Promises Female Soldier's Release

Britain steps up pressure by freezing business activity

Mar 28, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran promised to release by Friday the female sailor captured along with 15 men in a British patrol boat last week. England stepped up pressure to free  the soldiers by cutting off "bilateral business" and publicizing secret documents which mark its boat nearly two miles from Iranian waters at... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • United Nations • military • Middle East • diplomacy • Faye Turney • London • Tehran • captives

7 Stories


from our news partners