A little later than planned, but I have been rather forgetful of my good old blog lately...
I am pleased to say the BBC reporter Alan Johnston was freed on the 4th of July 2007 after 114 days of captivity in Gaza and he was sporting a new haircut!
The new haircut was 1 of the first things Johnston did once being freed as he wanted to as he says "Get rid of the kidnapped look"
Johnston who was siezed on 12 March 07 said he had not been tortured by the Army of Islam group who kidnapped him. When he was freed Johnston was seen on TV all over the world thanking his BBC colleagues and those who supported him while he was captured.
Johnston went on to say that in the future he would try to "stay out of trouble"
The BBC reported that "Gordon Brown, in his first prime minister's questions session in the UK parliament, said: "The whole country will welcome the news that Alan Johnston, a fearless journalist whose voice was silenced for too long, is now free.""
An online petition which called for the release of Johnston was signed by over 200,000 people, which suprised Johnston as he said "that is twice the size of Wembly..."
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