kidnapping

From 2017: Lorinda Stewart worked for 460 days to secure her daughter’s release from Somali kidnappers. But life afterwards wasn’t the happy ending she imagined.

The Prime Minister assured Alison Azer that her family’s file is on his desk. So what’s next for the four children she alleges were abducted by her ex-husband?

The captivity and rescue of Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan—and what happened once they were back home

The CBC reporter held in Afghanistan resisted, defied and then forgave them

Bob Croke was snatched from oil rig on Nov. 8

The fishermen escaped after four months in captivity

The latest kidnap victim, Panagopoulos, is said to be ill

I spoke with Scott Taylor yesterday on the subject of kidnappings—he’s something of an expert on that—and his take on the various ethical implications of Mellissa Fung’s capture and release. You’ll find the ensuing Q&A here.

The veteran war reporter on the many questions raised by Mellissa Fung’s kidnapping

Weekend roundup

The inside story of how Albertan Amanda Lindhout found herself being held for a US$2.5-million ransom