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BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released after four months in captivity. The only international correspondent still working in the lawless Gaza Strip, he had been kidnapped on his way home from his Gaza City office on 12 March. He said his ordeal felt like being "buried alive", and was "sometimes quite terrifying". Mr Johnston, 45, was handed over to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza City. Britain said the group had played a key role in his release. BBC reporter Alan Johnston has said it is "just unimaginably good to be free" after 114 days in captivity in Gaza. In this programme, Alan tells the full story of his 114 days as a hostage.
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Dee Hopton
Posted on December 17, 2007 at 11:52 AM | Permalink
Review of Alan Johnston's story
Extremely compelling while also not being shy of the political elements that affected him so personally. I particularly like his discussion of the people around him, his diet, his family back home, his emotions... yet I wished he emotionally engaged in his storytelling with what he called his "dark education" of his kidnapping. This was the most disturbing and engaging part and could have been flushed out more. I wish I had heard this excellent piece on my local public radio station (as well as on PRX)!