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Free all detained journalists now!

Date

31 Mar 2014

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Justice & Home Affairs
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Free all detained journalists now!

GUE/NGL MEP Patrick Le Hyaric has expressed his joy and relief following the release of two Spanish journalists, Javier Espinosa and Ricardo García Vilanova, who were detained for over 6 months in Syria.

GUE/NGL Vice-President Le Hyaric, who is both a journalist and a member of the European Parliament's Media Intergroup, commented: "The GUE/NGL is overjoyed that these two journalists, who were taken hostage on 16 September last year, have now been freed, and we hope that all journalists who have been taken hostage in different armed conflicts around the world will also be timely and safely released.

Patrick Le Hyaric also highlighted that four French journalists remain hostages in Syria: Didier François, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres. They were taken hostage nine months ago and are being used as human shields.

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Libérez tous les journalistes détenus !

Patrick Le Hyaric, vice-président du groupe de la GUE/NGL, membre de l'intergroupe Médias du PE et journaliste exprime au nom du groupe de la GUE/NGL sa joie et son soulagement pour la libération des deux journalistes espagnols, Javier Espinosa et Ricardo García Vilanova, qui ont été retenus pendant plus de 6 mois en Syrie. Les deux journalistes avaient été pris en otage le 16 septembre dernier.

"Le groupe de la GUE/GVN se réjouit de la libération des deux journalistes et souhaite vivement que tous les journalistes retenus en otages dans les différents conflits armés puissent être libérés dans les meilleures conditions et dans les plus brefs délais."

Patrick Le Hyaric a rappelé qu'il y a encore 4 journalistes français, otages en Syrie, Didier François, Édouard Elias, Nicolas Henin et Pierre Torres, retenus depuis plus de 9 mois comme boucliers humains.

GUE/NGL Press Contacts:
Emily Macintosh +32 470 85 05 08
Gay Kavanagh +32 473 84 23 20
European United Left / Nordic Green Left
European Parliamentary Group

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