Freed kidnapped three Spanish journalists in Syria – Trade

The Spanish journalists Antonio Pampliega , Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre , who had been kidnapped in Aleppo (north of Syria ) since July 2015, have been released and are in Turkey, according knew Efe sources of the Spanish government.

the same sources reported that the journalists were released a few hours ago and that the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister in office, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, began already in contact with them.

the sources suggest that his release was made possible by “the work of many public servants and collaboration of allied countries and friends “, especially in the final phase from Turkey and Qatar.

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Sastre, Lopez and Pampliega, who work as reporters “freelance”, entered Syria from southern Turkey on July 10, 2015 and two days later, on July 12, missed the contact with them.

All three have a long history in coverage information in conflict areas.

Antonio Pampliega , 33, has worked in conflict zones since 2008, as Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Haiti, Honduras, Syria , Somalia and South Sudan, and his works have been published in media such as CNN, BBC, the country, Public, EFE or Neupic, where he worked since 2013.

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the photojournalist Jose Manuel Lopez , 45, has accumulated a long career as a war correspondent with work marked by denouncing the injustices which have received many awards.

After eleven years working in a newspaper, Lopez devoted himself to making human stories and follow the hottest international conflicts as a photojournalist “freelance” full time.

This activity will has it taken to Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Lebanon, Palestine, Kosovo, Guatemala and Ukraine, among other destinations.

in the past two years focused on the war in Syria , the conflict in South Sudan, Somalia or Iraq as a regular contributor to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Lopez has published his photographs in media like the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde , El Pais and Der Spiegel.

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Angel Sastre , 35 years he had spent six years traveling around Latin America as “freelance” for television, newspapers and national radio and was the second time traveling to Syria when he was abducted.

2010, received the Larra Prize Press Association of Madrid for journalists under 30 years and has covered political and human events for media as the defunct television station CNN +, Telecinco, Cuatro, Onda Cero, La Razón and El Confidencial .

Previously, he worked as London correspondent for Antena 3 and Onda Cero and his work has denounced the violation of human rights in countries like Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Chile or Colombia, and in the last two years focused its work in Syria and Iraq.

his last message on Twitter @AngelMSastre is July 10, when he wrote from Turkey the word “courage” in Spanish, French and Arabic.

A total of seven Spanish journalists have been detained while exercising their profession in Syria, a country considered the most dangerous in the world to practice journalism and “the most deadly”, according to reporters without Borders ( RSF).

of the 119 journalists kidnapped in 2014, 27 were in Syria, and 66 killed, 15 they were in that territory.

Syria it was in 2013 the most dangerous for reporters country, after more than half of the 87 kidnappings of journalists recorded this year in the world took place there.

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Source: EFE