Episodes
Free Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda hero, Belgian citizen and US per…
Paul Rusesabagina, a Belgian citizen and US permanent resident, is a recipient of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been credited with saving 1,200 lives during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Paul’s acts of extraord...
Breaking News Pod: American Tomeu Vadell and rest of Citgo 6 held in …
American citizen, Tomeu Vadell from Lake Charles, Louisiana has been unjustly detained in Venezuela since November 2017. He works for US-based oil company, Citgo and was detained with 5 of his colleagues. Collectively, they’r...
Free Kai Li, American held in China | Pod Hostage Diplomacy
The detention and recent release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have alerted the world to China’s hostage diplomacy. American citizen Kai Li from New York has been unjustly detained in China since September 20...
Free Nahid, German Hostage in Iran | Pod Hostage Diplomacy
On 16 October 2020, 66 year old German citizen, Nahid Taghavi decided to go for a walk near her apartment in Tehran. It was a week after she had surgery and Nahid had high blood pressure. Within moments, she was …
Roland Marchal, French academic and former hostage in Iran | Pod Host…
In June 2019, French academic Roland Marchal decided to fly to Iran to spend a six day holiday with his partner. Within moments of landing in Iran, Roland was arrested at the airport by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
Free Paul Whelan, American and former US Marine held in Russia | Pod …
Today marks 1,000 days since Paul Whelan, an American citizen and former US Marine has been unjustly detained in Russia. US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Congress have all called on Russia to rele...
Free Tomeu Vadell, American held in Venezuela | Pod Hostage Diplomacy
The US government have stated that Tomeu Vadell, an American citizen, has been wrongfully detained in Venezuela since November 2017 and have called on the Venezuelan authorities to release him unconditionally. Tomeu Vadell is...
Free Trevor Reed, American and former US Marine held in Russia | Pod …
Trevor Reed is an American citizen and former US Marine unjustly held in Russia since August 2019. America may appear divided on many issues but when it comes to Trevor, the White House, State Department, Senate and House of ...
Free Nazanin, British Hostage in Iran | Pod Hostage Diplomacy
Two former UK Foreign Secretaries and the current UK Foreign Affairs Committee Chair have called Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British citizen and mother unjustly detained in Iran since 3 April 2016 – a hostage. Nazanin’s husb...