Tag: John Cantile

Suspect Arrested in Kidnapping of Photographer

Suspect Arrested in Kidnapping of Photographer | PDNPulse

British authorities have charged a 26-year old man with illegally detaining UK photographer John Cantlie and Dutch journalist Jeroen Oerlemans in Syria last July, according to a BBC report. Shajul Islam, a British citizen who allegedly has ties to Syrian

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British authorities have charged a 26-year old man with illegally detaining UK photographer John Cantile and Dutch journalist Jeroen Oerlemans in Syria last July, according to a BBC report.

October 17, 2012
Two Journalists Freed by Islamic Fighters in Syria After Weeklong Ordeal

Link: Two Journalists Freed by Islamic Fighters in Syria After Weeklong Ordeal – NYTimes.com

Dutch freelance photographer Jeroen Oerlemans, contacted by telephone in Turkey, described a harrowing ordeal during which he and his captured colleague, British photographer John Cantile, were held at a camp in Syria by a group of several dozen foreign jihadis, who kept them hooded and blindfolded and repeatedly threatened to kill them.

July 27, 2012