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A report on the BBC website today says that Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter abducted in Gaza, is apparently 'in good health', but still no sign of release.

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For bloggers/people with Myspace pages etc, there is a bit on the page called "show your support" where you can get a box ad to put on your page, remembering Alan and making sure he is not forgotten.

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April 30 2007

Waveguide - Alan Johnston projectionThe image of the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, is being projected onto the BBC Television Centre in London tonight to mark the 50th night since his abduction in Gaza.

Fifty balloons were also released earlier in the day by Helen Boaden, Director of BBC News.

Johnston disappeared on 12 March and is feared kidnapped, though there has been no confirmed word on his whereabouts or his condition.
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Address issued for birthday tributes for Johnston




Johnston: named broadcasting journalist of the year at the Press Club awards. Photograph: AFP

The BBC's kidnapped Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston turns 45 on Thursday and the corporation has issued an address for people who want to send birthday cards as a show of support.

Johnston has not been seen since he was seized at gunpoint in Gaza City on March 12.

Last week, he was named broadcasting journalist of the year at the annual London Press Club awards, where the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, paid tribute to Johnston and the courage of his family.

Readers who wish to send cards should post them to the World Affairs Unit, Room 410SE, BBC Bush House, Strand, London, WC2B 4PH. guardian

Official Says Johnston Safe And Well


Kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston is alive and well and could be released shortly, a Palestinian government official has said.


Dr Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas, said he knew which group was holding the Gaza correspondent and was personally involved in the negotiations to free him.

Dr Hamad, who has been friends with the reporter for two years, said: "I know that he is well and healthy, and in a good situation. No one has tried to harm him or hurt him."

He said he had a lot of information about Mr Johnston's situation, but had not been authorised to give any more details.

Dr Hamad said: "There are continuous efforts to release him. We hope we can do it very, very soon."

Speaking of his friendship with the reporter, who had interviewed him in the past, Dr Hamad said: "I think this is my personal job as it's my friend.


"It is my job to do everything to release him, and also to help my people, because I think it is shameful for our people."

He insisted journalists were working freely in Gaza, adding: "We thank them for supporting our cause and our issues. We have never hurt any journalists."

Mr Johnston, 45, who has lived and worked in Gaza for the past three years, was taken by masked gunmen as he returned to his apartment in Gaza City on March 12.

He is the longest-held reporter to be abducted in the Gaza Strip.

Mr Johnston was the only Western reporter permanently based in Gaza, and his placement had been due to finish at the end of March.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for his release.

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