| Naam | Hostage International |
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| Website | https://www.hostageinternational.org |
| Samenvatting | Charity supporting families affected by a loved one being taken hostage or arbitrarily detained, and hostages after their release |
| Vrijwilligers | Geinteresseerd om als vrijwilliger voor Hostage International aan de slag te gaan? Kijk op hun website: https://www.hostageinternational.org/news/hostage-international-chair-retires-after-more-than-20-years-as-a-volunteer/ |
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In January 2026, Lara Symons, our CEO contributed to the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism feeding in from our perspective as the longest-established charity supporting families and former hostages...
Hostage International is launching a bespoke family integration service to offer extra help for families and former hostages as they readjust to life together after release. This innovative intervention follows a succes...
After 20 years of volunteering with Hostage International, our chair of trustees, Phil Bigley OBE stepped down from the board in December 2025. Phil’s initial introduction to co-founder Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE arose ou...
As many families join together this holiday season, Hostage International is launching a campaign to encourage people to spare a thought for all those who may be held hostage or arbitrarily detained, and their families....
Jorge L. Toledo was arbitrarily detained for 1,775 days as a political prisoner in Venezuela. He endured notorious prisons in which he survived brutal physical and psychological torture. He strongly believes that you ca...
British psychologist, Dr Sarah Whittaker, is on our network of mental health experts working with many of those we support at Hostage International. The article below was originally published in faz.net. Dr. Sarah Whitt...
Verdi’s opera classic, La Traviata, was performed by London’s City Music Services in the stunning surroundings of Denmans Garden in rural Sussex, UK, on 11 October 2025 to raise essential funds for Hostage International...
A mum of three completed the Great Bristol Run on 11 May 2025 to raise funds for Hostage International. Georgia Ladbury was, until last year, a self-professed ‘non-runner’, more likely to be found singing than running.....
Anoosheh Ashoori dreamt of running the London Marathon throughout the five years that he was arbitrarily detained in Evin prison, and in April 2025 – at the age of 71 – he completed it for the... The post Anoosheh and S...
Three years, nearly to the day, of her release from arbitrary detention in Iran, Nazanin was in Salisbury Cathedral in conversation with The Rt Revd Karen Gorham, Bishop of Sherborne. On International Women’s Day, Nazan...
