The Association of European Journalists welcomes the recent release of three journalists abducted in Syria: Magnus Falkehed, Niclas Hammarstrom and Bunyamin Aygun. We applaud the efforts of all who contributed to the freeing of the three men and look forward to the release of others still being held against their will. Reports say that more than 50 journalists and media workers were kidnapped or held in Syria during 2013.
Read more details from the Committee to Protect Journalists and Le Monde