Solomonia (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
MESI: Group that Kidnapped BBC Reporter Alan Johnston and Al-Qaeda Affiliate - Jaish al-Islam - Receives Formal Sanctuary in Hamas-Ruled Gaza...
English Webster (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
BBC reporter Alan Johnston knows tough. While being held for 114 days last year by Gaza militants, he was isolated, forced to make videos while strapped in a bomb vest, beaten and threatened with execution. But Alan says those Gaza strongmen would be no match for the toughies from his native Scotland. At the recent Edinburgh Book Fair, Johnson said that, after he was freed, he was confronted in a Scottish...
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
You will recall that BBC reporter Alan Johnston was kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza. He was held captive for four months and then released as an act of "goodwill" by the deranged Palestinian killers - a group that the British government had been in "dialogue" with leading up to his release. The question NOW being asked if the release from prison this week of Abu...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
THE BBC journalist Alan Johnston yesterday described being honoured by his former university less than a year after his release from captivity in the Middle East as "almos
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
THE BBC journalist Alan Johnston yesterday described being honoured by his former university less than a year after his release from captivity in the Middle East as "almos
J6D Newsblog (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3556860,00.html Palestinians report six people killed, several others injured in three IAF strikes near Khan Younis; five of those killed reportedly operatives from Army of Islam, which was behind kidnapping of IDF soldiers, BBC journalist Alan Johnston….. Palestinian sources reported Tuesday the IAF struck Gaza Strip three times, killing six people and injuring...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
A university honours BBC journalist Alan Johnston who was held hostage for 114 days in Gaza.
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
At this time last year, BBC journalist Alan Johnston was being held hostage. For the three years before he was kidnapped by a Palestinian jihadist organization called the Army of Islam, Johnston was the last foreign correspondent brave enough to live and work in the volatile Gaza Strip. He spent four months as a hostage, from March 12 until his release 114 days later on July 4. To celebrate World...
The Editors (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
It's a long way from Gaza to Cambridge, Massachusetts. And not just in distance. The last few months of my posting as the BBC's Middle East bureau editor were dominated by our efforts to free Alan Johnston, my friend and colleague. These days, I’m to be found striding purposefully around the pristine campus of one of America’s oldest and finest universities on a one-year fellowship programme at Harvard...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 12/24/2007
Steve LeVine reviews the new book's release — Alan Johnston, the former Tashkent correspondent for the BBC, has a new book out called “Kidnapped and Other Dispatches.” His release was unharmed from four months of captivity in Gaza.
No Oil for Pacifists (Free subscription) | 12/22/2007
The Mid-East watchdog group Honest Reporting announced its annual Dishonest Reporter Awards , including these two: Dumbest Reaction to Alan Johnston's Kidnapping: National Union of Journalists After BBC reporter Alan Johnston was kidnapped by a Gaza clan linked to "The Army of Islam," Britain's National Union of Journalists sprang into action - by boycotting Israel . This NUJ statement explains why:...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 12/21/2007
Friday, December 21, 2007 : BBC Correspondent Alan Johnston, who was abducted in the Gaza Strip earlier this year and held for nearly four months, writes a book about his ordeal. Kidnapped: And Other Dispatches describes his captivity and his treatment at the hands of his captors.
Augean Stables (Free subscription) | 12/20/2007
Here are Honest Reporting 2007 media awards- What a year of surprises. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas talked peace in the presence of Saudi and Syrian dignitaries. BBC journalist Alan Johnston was held hostage for nearly four months. When Israel struck an unidentified Syrian facility, the only significant protest [...]
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 12/16/2007
I have been posting a lot about the BBC's man kidnapped in Gaza. Now I know why. From Newsweek Magazine:- Recent weeks have seen further fighting on the streets of Gaza. Do you see any grounds for hope? It is very difficult to make peace when there are such deep divisions in the Palestinian camp. It's really important to hang on to one statistic. Even if Israel were to withdraw from every
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 12/14/2007
Missed this from two weeks ago: Honour for kidnapped journalist Freed journalist Alan Johnston is to be awarded an honorary degree by a Scottish university. The BBC correspondent, who was held hostage for 114 days, is being given an honorary doctorate of letters by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. And Terry Waite - who was abducted in 1987 and held for a total of 1,763 days while working
