Even now there is no information about the fate of 150 people taken hostage, including 68 women and 26 children.

I come to also look at this as this fear that we have as men, this fear that just has us paralyzed, holding us hostage to this man box.

United Nations and associated personnel involved in humanitarian missions and the staff of humanitarian organizations have continued to be attacked, taken hostage and killed.

Agunda begins her account with the description of a festive yet ordinary morning, warm and very sunny, her walk to school with her mother, the final preparations for the welcoming of the new school year, and her casual chat with friends which was suddenly interrupted by shooting

Affirming that keeping Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons without trial and holding them hostages as bargaining chips constitutes a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and human rights,

There was no justification for such terror nor for the State terrorism perpetrated by Israel against Palestinian civilians, who are living under occupation as hostages.

In France, with many factories closing, a wave of executive hostage taking bossnapping, as this newfangled crime is called is agitating board rooms and police across the country.

Regime forces surrounded the prison, shooting live ammunition, petrol bombs and tear gas into the crowded facility after prisoners took some guards hostage.

In December 2004, Dokubu s militias took 75 oil workers hostage and forced Shell to shut down about 10 of the country s oil supply.

The detention or seizure of persons as hostages with a view to influencing the public authorities in the performance of their work or influencing the relatives of the hostages with a view to obtaining any benefit or advantage of any kind

In the village of Garadaghly alone, over 80 civilian Azerbaijanis, including children, women and old people, were tortured and killed mercilessly, dozens of people were taken hostage and the village itself was burned and razed to the ground.

Second, and subsequent to the police raid, a large group of national staff members of international non governmental organizations and local water authority employees were taken hostage by Kalma inhabitants in a protest over the arrest by the authorities of a sheikh within the camp.

The response of the Mission in such situations, including the lynching of alleged criminals, violent land and electoral conflicts and the taking hostage of local officials, undoubtedly helped lower tensions and may have saved lives in some instances.

Estonia In Estonia the yellow ribbon was taken into use on 13 May 2011 after the President of Estonia, Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves made the following announcement on Facebook The families of the seven Estonian citizens taken hostage in Lebanon need all of our support.