Frontline Blog: AFP publishes first reported communication with Lindhout and Brennan since August 2008
May 26th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
“The AFP says one of their Mogadishu based reporters spoke with the two kidnap victims, Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan, in Somalia for five minutes on Sunday. Lindhout in particular sounds to be in a very poor way, if this reported phone call is to be believed (…) This is the first reported communication with the duo since they were kidnapped near Mogadishu in August 2008,” reports the Frontline Blog.
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