Audio: Telegraph journalist Colin Freeman on his release from captivity in Somalia
January 5th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Press freedom and ethics
In this Telegraph.co.uk audio interview, Colin Freeman describes how he and his fellow detainee, Spanish photographer Jose Cendon, slept in a cave and ate boiled goat during 40 days of captivity in Somalia.
“The kidnappers didn’t really treat us too badly,” says Freeman.
“We’re were also told on one occasion, the gang that were holding us had had an argument, they were threatening to hold us for another year. We don’t think they’d have really done that, but in that situation your mind dwells on the worst possibilities.”
Following his release on Saturday, Freeman said he would enjoy spending time with his family – and a strong pint of lager.
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November 12th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
[...] Journalists as hostages The panel also discussed the issue of journalists now being ‘prizes’ for kidnappers, of which Freeman has experience – when investigating piracy in Somalia last year, he was kidnapped and kept in a cave for six weeks. [...]