David Haines, a humanitarian worker, was among 26 hostages captured in Syria by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2013, before being murdered in September 2014. His daughter, Bethany, was 16 at the time, and here tells of her wish â a decade on -...
Bernard, an Irish-French tourism consultant with a love of Iran, was working with a local friend and tourism operator researching a new potential tour of the country when he was picked up by police and taken…
Canadian Robert Hall cashed in his life savings, bought a boat and sailed her halfway across the world to be with the woman he loved. He was a devoted father, brother, grandfather, uncle and a talented…
16 January 2013 is a date that Nick Hitch was convinced he would not survive when militants linked to Al-QaedaâŻattacked the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria where he worked as a manager. A decade on,…
In the run up to Christmas 2018, Jocelyneâs daughter Edith was captured by an Islamic militant group when travelling with a friend in Burkina Faso. They were held for 450 days. Throughout those 15 months, even…
Miles Hargroveâs father, Tom, was kidnapped in Colombia in 1994 when working as an agricultural scientist. During the 11 months of his captivity, his wife Susan encouraged their son Miles to pick up his Super-8 camera…
