Topic: Nigel Brennan

Longest-held Australian hostage recounts his ordeal

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Daily beatings and prayers five times a day for over a year were all part of Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan's harrowing ordeal at the hands of a Somalian criminal gang after a 2008 kidnapping.But what ultimately saved ...

Nigel Brennan

Nigel Brennan is an Australian freelance photojournalist who was abducted by Somali militants on August 23 , 2008 . Journalists kidnapped in Somalia (August 24, 2008) Brennan was kidnapped near Mogadishu with Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and their Somalian translator, photojournalist Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi ...

Kidnapped Journalists Somalia

Somalia is the seventh most deadly nation in the world for journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Journalist freed after 146 days in captivity (January 16, 2009) Two western journalists, Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan , and their Somalian translator, photojournalist ...
Freed hostage Nigel Brennan on Wednesday admitted that he regretted ever visiting Somalia and feared he would never survive his brutal, 15-month ordeal.Looking frail and gaunt after returning to Australia, the photojournalist trembled and fought back tears as he recounted the ...

Australian ex-hostage struggles with Somali ordeal

An Australian photojournalist held for 15 months in Somalia Wednesday broke his silence on the ordeal, expressing joy at his release but saying he's still struggling to come to terms with the kidnapping.Nigel Brennan, who was pistol-whipped and chained up ...

Australian meets mother after Somalia ordeal

An Australian photojournalist kidnapped and tortured in Somalia has held an emotional reunion with his mother in Kenya, in which the pair " just hugged and hugged", a report said Sunday.Along with Canadian colleague Amanda Lindhout, Nigel Brennan spent 15 months as ...
Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia have been receiving medical care in neighboring Kenya, Canada's ambassador said.Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan flew out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in a chartered plane early ...

Journalists leave Somalia after hostage ordeal

Two journalists from Canada and Australia flew out of Somalia on Thursday at the end of a 15-month hostage ordeal during which they were tortured and shackled in windowless rooms by their captors.Amanda Lindhout, her head covered with a black veil ...

Freed Canadian journalist leaves Somalia

A female journalist from Canada and a journalist Australia flew out of Somalia on Thursday at the end of a 15-month hostage ordeal during which they were tortured and shackled in windowless rooms by their captors.Amanda Lindhout, her head covered with ...

Canadian, Australian journalists in Somalia freed

Two freelance journalists, one from Canada and the other from Australia, were freed on Wednesday after 15 months in captivity in Somalia, with the Canadian alleging she was tortured.One of their kidnappers, who refused to identify himself, told AFP a ransom ...