Tag: Hostage

  • Life as a Somali pirate hostage

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    In late 2008, Daily Telegraph correspondent Colin Freeman and Jose Cendon, a Spanish photographer travelled to Somalia to investigate the recent spate of piracy attacks that were terrorising shipping in […]

  • SA Couple Freed

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    Bruno Pelizzari and Debbie Calitz, kidnapped by Somali pirates 20 months ago, have been freed and flew out of Somalia today. Armed pirates hijacked their yacht Choizil in October 2010 as it was about […]

  • Ransom Dispute

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    The release of 22 hostages on the MV Albedois is in jeopardy because of a dispute over the amount of ransom money that has been promised and raised, negotiators have […]

  • Hostage Talks

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    A security team from Malaysia will arrive in Dubai today to begin talks with Somali tribal leaders, seeking to break the impasse in talks between Somali pirates and the families […]

  • Back to the Future

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    Three years on, this July 2009 interview makes interesting reading. For his story on the economics of Somali piracy, Wired contributing editor Scott Carney spoke to one of the ocean-going […]

  • Yemeni Sailors Rescued

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    The Turkish Navy vessel TCG Giresun has detained 14 Somali pirates and rescued seven Yemeni sailors who were being held hostage aboard their fishing dhow. The Giresun (F-491) intercepted the […]

  • Paying Ransoms

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    The case of Judith Tebbutt, the hostage recently released from the clutches of Somalian pirates, has cast doubt on Britain’s ransom policy, but paying hostage-takers ignores the deeper roots of […]

  • The Educated Hostage

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    This handbook aims to prepare seafarers for encounters with Somali pirates, and contains valid information about the situation as a hostage on a ship or on land. It provides the […]

  • Banning Ransoms

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    InterManager President Alastair Evitt has stated that any move to ban the payment of ransoms to pirates would have a “massively detrimental effect on the risk to the world’s seafarers […]

  • One Year On

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    SaveOurSeafarers was established in March 2011 and is calling for unified action to raise awareness of the human and economic cost of piracy.   SOS SaveOurSeafarers celebrates 1st anniversary Today […]

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