An end of year message from our CEO, Lara Symons. As we come to the end of 2024, it offers a moment to reflect on our achievements while highlighting our priorities for next year and beyond to ensure that we continue to be here to help lessen the...
Former hostages meet up for group supportĀ In September 2024, a unique group of individuals joined together for a day to share their experiences and provide mutual support around having been held hostage. Organised by Hostage…
In 2004 our charity was founded in a bid to support the families of hostages, and hostages after they return. As such, 20 years on, this September we held a virtual challenge to help raise funds…
Our CEO, Lara Symons, contributed to a panel event at the UN Human Rights Council on Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations: Building Global Solidarity Against Hostage Diplomacy on 26 June 2024. Ā Speaking on the side eventās…
For this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week our mental health adviser trustee, Stephen Regel, answered some questions around the challenges for families with a loved one taken hostage and what they can do to strive for…
Philippa Grant, who is in her eighties, from Hertfordshire, and her son Craig Grant (43), have talked about their desire to help raise funds for Hostage International so are taking on the 20for20: Challenge for All….
Sam Barnes (25), finished an ultramarathon on 11 May 2024 and in the process raised more than Ā£3,200 for Hostage International. Sponsor Sam here! Moved by the personal experience of his uncleās death in the In…
Now 70 years old, and just over two years since his release from being wrongfully detained in Iran, Anoosheh Ashoori embarked on his third London Marathon in Aprilā something he could only dream of when imprisoned….
More than 200 Hostage International supporters filled the halls of the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey in London on 7 March 2024 to help highlight the 20th anniversary of the charity. Sir Terry Waite, Judith Tebbutt…
Former hostages Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE, John McCarthy CBE, Judith Tebbutt and Anoosheh Ashoori, will be joining together in conversation on 7 March 2024 at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey in London, UK, to…
President and co-founder of Hostage International, Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE, celebrated his knighthood with friends, staff and volunteers from three charities close to his heart – Hostage International, Emmaus and Y-Care. Sir Terry was appointed…
Yoga is practiced by many across the world, and 21 June is the International Day of Yoga, as proclaimed by the United Nations. To highlight this day, weāve been speaking with Catie, previously a lawyer, who…
Hostage Internationalās president and co-founder Sir Terry Waite and chair Phil Bigley OBE have both been included in the Kingās Birthday Honours list announced on June 17 in the UK. Former hostage Sir Terry has been…
Since being wrongfully detained in Iran, Anoosheh Ashoori completed his second London Marathon on Sunday 23 April – this time accompanied by his two childrenĀ Just over a year after his release from being held captive…
Former volunteer caseworker Adam Samuels has completed his hike of the arduous Pennine Way through the Great British weather and raised more than Ā£5,200 in the process, but you can still support him here. Ā Over 16…
This time last year Anoosheh Ashoori was released after nearly five years of captivity in Iran, alongside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, to return home to the UK. He puts his survival, in part, down to running whilst in…
As part of our bid to increase awareness of Hostage International and the plight of those we assist, we are pleased to announce that Judith Tebbutt has agreed to be a patron for the charity. Jude…
Telling the story of what we do at Hostage International isnāt always easy. Weāre small, incredibly niche, and a lot of what we do has to stay below the radar for the safety and anonymity of…
We are delighted to announce that former hostage John McCarthy CBE has joined Hostage International as our first patron.Ā Ā Ā John has supported many of the charityās events, so was asked by our co-founder and president,…
Hostage International wants to say a huge thank you to Anoosheh and Aryan Ashoori for their marathon efforts to not only raise funds for Hostage International but also help raise the profile of the charity. Anoosheh…
After nearly five years, Anoosheh Ashoori is now free from being held in arbitrary detention in Iran. Alongside his son, Aryan, he trained tirelessly to run the London Marathon in 2022 for Hostage International. Anoosheh spent…
More former hostages are now able to receive bespoke psychological treatment, following a new partnership we’ve forged with Trauma Treatment International (TTI). Thanks to funding from the MSN Family Trust, Hostage International is now able…
Hostage International is always delighted to hear of the release of hostages and we sincerely hope that families will be given privacy, space, and time to be with their loved ones. As a charity that…
This World Book Day we are highlighting books written by those who have experienced the trauma of being taken hostage or having had a loved one taken. Spanning many decades, there has been much research around…
Once again many across the world are facing a Christmas when restrictions may have to be in force, as the latest Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads. Understandably many people will be disappointed and some will…
āIt doesnāt seem like thirty years, theyāve gone remarkably quickly,ā explained Terry. āI still remember those days, but strangely enough, I donāt look back and deeply regret them; I wouldnāt want to go through that…
One womanās brother was kidnapped in Latin-America a few years ago and every day she lives with the fact that he has never been found. She now lives in the UK with her family. Here, she…
To mark the 30th anniversary of our co-founder Terry Waiteās release from captivity, Hostage International embarked on its first ever challenge fundraising event in September 2021 to raise much-needed funds for the charity. More than Ā£10,000…
Hostage International trustee and former hostage, Judith Tebbutt, reflects on the decade following her kidnap. Ten years ago, on 11 September 2011, I was abducted by Somali pirates whilst on holiday in Kenya with my husband…
Hostage International would like to pay tribute to the charityās long-standing chair, John Smith, who has taken the decision to step down from his voluntary work with Hostage International after 12 years. John first joined the…
