Kittleson Thanks those who worked for her Release

By John Lee.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has expressed her gratitude to those who worked for her release, after she was taken hostage by an armed faction in Baghdad earlier this month.

Ms Kittleson was released on 7th April.

Full statement from Shelly Kittleson:

I am and will always be incredibly grateful to those who worked for my release when I was held hostage by an armed faction in Iraq earlier this month.

So many people - including but not limited to government officials, press freedom organisations, and my wonderful community of fellow journalists and friends - put an immense amount of effort into ensuring that the level of attention to my case remained high.

Thank you all so very, very much.

(Source: @shellykittleson)

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