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“Syria: a dangerous assignment for journalists”

David Brabyn — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:27:17 +0000

Covering the war ravaging Syria for more than two years has become one of the world’s most dangerous jobs, with reporters not only facing injury or death during fighting but also the rising risk of kidnapping.

As the United Nations marks International Press Freedom day on Friday, at least seven journalists are missing inside Syria, including American journalist James Foley, a video contributor to AFP who has not been heard from since last November.

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Journalist James “Jim” Foley missing in Syria for more than 100 days

David Brabyn — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:33:06 +0000

For immediate release

Journalist James “Jim” Foley missing in Syria for more than 100 days
Nearly 10,000 people worldwide have signed an appeal for Foley’s release

BOSTON, March 4, 2013 – The people holding journalist James “Jim” Foley should provide information about his whereabouts and well-being the Foley family said today.

John Foley, father of Jim, said, “We have not heard from Jim for more than 100 days. We want Jim to come safely home and we need to speak with him to know he’s okay. Jim is an objective journalist and we appeal for the release of Jim unharmed. Someone in Syria knows what happened to Jim and we hope they will contact us.”

On Nov. 22, 2012, unidentified gunmen kidnapped Foley, 39, near Taftanaz, in the Idib region of Syria near Turkey. Jim has reported independently and objectively from the Middle East for the past five years working freelance for GlobalPost and Agence France-Presse, among other media outlets. Prior to his work as a journalist, Foley helped disadvantaged individuals as a teacher and mentor assisting them in improving their lives.

The Foley family has had no information about Jim’s well-being or who is holding him captive. A website, www.freejamesfoley.org, features additional information in English and Arabic, photos and an appeal for his release.

The people of Syria and the surrounding region are asked to come forward and provide information regarding Jim Foley.

About James Foley

James Foley is a freelance journalist and conflict zone reporter. In the past, he has covered conflicts in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq. Foley is well known for his independent, fair and objective reporting. For more information visit www.freejamesfoley.org.

Note to editors: Photos and captions available at www.freejamesfoley.org

Foley Family Contact
1-617-501-5884
press@freejamesfoley.org
www.freejamesfoley.org
Skype: foleymi
Twitter: @freejamesfoley
Facebook: facebook.com/freejamesfoley

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الصحفي المخطوف جيمس”جم” فولي المفقود في سوريا منذ اكثر من 100 يوم

حوالي 10.000 شخص قد وقعو مناشده لاطلاق سراح فولي

بوسطن 4 اذار 2013 – يجب على الافراد الذين يحتجزونالصحفي جيمس”جم” ان يزودونا بالمعلومات عن مكانوصحة قولي كما قالت عائلة فولي اليوم

وقد قال جون فولي, والد جم,” اننا لم نسمع عن جم لأكثر من 100 يوم. ونريد ان يعود جم بأمان الى الوطن ونحتاج ان تكلم اليه لمعرفة ما اذا كان بخير. ان جم هو صحفي موضوعي واننا نناشد اطلاق سراحه دون ضرر. ان شخصا ما في سوريا يعرف ما حصل لجم وتنمني ان يتصل بنا.

في 22 نوفمبر قام شخص مسلح غير معرف بأختطاف فولي البالغ من العمر 39 عاما في منطقة ادب السورية قرب الحدود التركيه. ان جم قد قدم تقارير موضوعيه ومستقله من الشرق الاوسط للخمس سنوات الاخيره حيث عمل لصالح كلوبال بوست ووكالة الصحافه الفرنسية من بين وسائل الاعلام الخارجيه. وقبل ان ينخرط بعمله الصحفي ساعد فولي الناس المحرومين كمعلم ومرشد مبديا لهم المساعده في تحسين ظروف حياتهم.
وليس لعائلة فولي اي معلومات عن صحة جم او من هم محتجزيه والموقع التالي
www.freejamesfoley.org

يتميز بوجود معلومات شخصيه في اللغة العربيه والانكليزيه, ويحتوي صورا ومناشدات لاطلاق سراحه.

ونطلب من اهل سوريا والمناطق المجاوره ان يتقدموا لابلاغنا باي معلومات تتعلق بجم فولي.

نبذه عن جيمس فولي

جيمس فولي هو صحفي حر و مراسل في مناطق النزاع. وفي الماضي قام بتغطية الصراعات في العراق وافغانستان وليبيا. ويعرف عن فولي استقلالية وعدالة وموضوعية تقاريره, ولمزيد من المعلومات زورا الموقع
www.freejamesfoley.org.

ملاحظة للمحررين: الصور والمقالات موجوده على الموقع www.freejamesfoley.org

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The Missing Journalists of Syria’s War: The Struggle to Save Those Who Bear Witness

David Brabyn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:59:01 +0000

Michael Foley just wants his brother back. James Foley, known as “Jim,” is an American freelance reporter who has been unaccounted for inside Syria since November. On Thanksgiving Day, the Foleys were told that James, 39, and another journalist were apparently intercepted and kidnapped by four armed men in Taftanaz, northwestern Syria, while on their way back to the Turkish border. Michael, 37, became the New Hampshire-based family’s point-person for coordinating an awareness campaign to locate his missing brother.

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Marie Colvin Death Anniversary, And Syria One Year On

David Brabyn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:57:59 +0000

When Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin and photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in Homs, Syria, the bloody conflict had regularly been the front page of every newspaper, day after day, for many of the previous months.

Evidence from eye witnesses, including Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy who was working with Marie, said that they had been deliberately targeted. Journalists are no longer protected by a vest that says “Press”.

Colvin had been interviewed on CNN describing the death of a young child following an attack on civilians had been.

Conroy told BBC News after she was killed that he believes this was the final straw for the Syrian regime who then took the decision to eliminate the journalists working in the makeshift Press Centre in Homs.

In Libya there were dozens of journalists covering the conflict, today in Syria there is barely a handful . Newspapers, broadcasters, websites are not prepared to risk the lives of their staff while the risk is so great.

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Family of U.S. journalist kidnapped in Syria takes to Facebook to drum up leads

David Brabyn — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:32:33 +0000

It’s been over two months since a U.S. freelance journalist was kidnapped by gunmen in Syria – and now his family is turning to social media for help.

Relatives of James Foley, who disappeared in the war-torn country in late November, have published ads on Facebook asking for information about the whereabouts of the teacher-turned-reporter.

“Honestly, I wish I had done it sooner,” Foley’s brother, Michael Foley, told the Daily News on Wednesday. “It’s a good way to reach people over there. Social media has really brought the world together.”

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Press Release: Seeking Information Regarding the Location of Missing Reporter James “Jim” Foley

David Brabyn — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:00:05 +0000

For immediate release

Seeking Information Regarding the Location of Missing Reporter James “Jim” Foley.
His Family is Using Social Media Advertising to Seek Information

BOSTON, Mass. – Feb. 5, 2013 – The people of Syria and the surrounding region are asked to come forward and provide information regarding the location of journalist James “Jim” Foley. Today’s announcement is part of a comprehensive publicity campaign using traditional media as well as Facebook and Twitter to generate information about Jim’s location from the Syrian people and others in the region.

Through social media advertising the Foley family is publicizing their search for Jim and for information about his location. Jim was last seen near Taftanaz, Syria on November 22, 2012 in the Idib region of Syria near Turkey.

The advertising on social media is intended to reach people in the Syrian region who may have information about Jim’s location. “Social media has transformed how people communicate and share information,” said John Foley, the father of Jim. “Our family believes that someone in Syria knows what happened to Jim, where he is located and we hope that person contacts us.”

For more information visit www.freejamesfoley.org.

Foley Family Contact
1-617-501-5884
press@freejamesfoley.org
www.freejamesfoley.org
Skype: foleymi
Twitter: @freejamesfoley
Facebook: facebook.com/freejamesfoley

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بيان صحفي عاجل

اطلقو سراح جيمس فولي

للاتصال بعائلة فولي على الرقم1-617-501-5884

او عالاميل

press@freejamesfoley.org
www.freejamesfoley.org
Skype-foleymi; twitter.com/freejamesfoley,
http://www.facebook.com/freejamesfoley

البحث عن معلومات تخص الصحفي المفقود جيمس “جم” جولي

ان عائلته تستخدم الاعلانات في شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي للبحث عن معلومات عنه

بوسطن: اننا نرجو من الشعب السوري و شعوب المنطقه المجاوره ان يتقدموا ويدلوا بمعلومات المتعلقه بمكان الصحفي “جم” فولي. ان اعلان اليوم هو جزء من حملة اعلامية شامله باستخدام الوسائل التقليدية مثل الفيس بوك والتويتر لتعميم معلومات حول مكان جم من الشعب السوري والشعوب الاخرى بالمنطقه.

ومن خلال الاعلان في وسائل الاعلام فان عائلة فولي تعمم بحثها عن جم ولاجل الحصول على اي معلومات عنه. وقد تم رؤية جم للمره الاخيره قرب تافتاناز في سوريا في 22 تشرين الثاني 2012 في منطقة ادلب قرب الحدود التركية.

ويهدف الاعلان في وسائل الاعلام الو الوصول الى شعب سوريا والشعوب المجاوره الذين قد يكون لديهم معلومات عن جم. ويقول جون فولي والد جم ” ان وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي قد نقلت كيفية تواصل الناس ومشاركتهم للمعلومات”. ان عائلتنا تؤمن ان احد ما في سوريا يعلم ما قد جدث لجم, واين مكانه ونتمنى ان يتصل بنا هذا الشخص.

ولمزيد من المعلومات ارجو التفضل بزيارة الموقع التالي .

www.freejamesfoley.org

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‘American journalist remains missing in Syria, friends “extremely concerned”‘

David Brabyn — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:58:17 +0000

The International press Institute reports that 132 journalists were killed around the world in 2012, the highest number since the IPI started recording journalists’ deaths in 1997 and one that underscores the increasingly insecure international landscape faced by journalists covering conflicts.

Covering the mounting violence in Syria in recent months has been particularly dangerous for Western journalists. Over two months have passed since armed gunmen abducted American journalist James Foley in northern Syria. He was on his way out of the country, trying to reach the Turkish border. Foley was reporting for several news outlets, including the AFP and GlobalPost, and today there is still no news about his exact whereabouts or the group responsible for his kidnapping.

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“Syria: US journalist still missing”

David Brabyn — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:38:45 +0000

BOSTON, Mass. — More than two months have passed since armed gunmen abducted American journalist James Foley in northern Syria, where he was reporting for GlobalPost and other news organizations.

Today, there is still no definitive news about his exact whereabouts or what group is responsible.

The lack of information is deeply frustrating for the Foley family, which has taken to the media in recent weeks in the hopes the captors may come forward.

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“Family appeals for release of reporter kidnapped in Syria”

David Brabyn — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:00:27 +0000

WASHINGTON — The family of an American reporter who contributed videos to Agence France-Presse (AFP) appealed for his release on Tuesday, the two-month anniversary of his kidnapping in Syria.

James Foley, 39, an experienced war reporter who also freelanced for US-based media outlets, was seized by armed men in the northern province of Idlib on November 22, according to witnesses.

AFP presented a letter Monday evening in Damascus to Syrian Information Minister Omran al Zohabi addressed to President Bashar al-Assad, seeking his assistance in finding Foley.

“I am seeking your assistance in a matter of a purely humanitarian nature,” AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog said in the letter to Assad.

“I humbly request that you intervene on his behalf and do everything in your power to shed light on his fate and to obtain his release, in the name of freedom of expression and of the press,” he said.

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ICFJ Calls for Release of U.S. Reporter Seized in Syria

David Brabyn — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:13:21 +0000

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) appeals for the release of James Foley, an American journalist who was kidnapped on November 22, 2012 in northwest Syria.

According to Global Post, one of his employers, unidentified gunmen intercepted Foley’s car in Idlib province en route to Turkish border. A Syrian witness recounted the details of the abduction over the phone to a journalist in Turkey. Foley has not been seen or heard from since.

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