Three People Missing in Gaza
December 30, 2005One of them is Kate Burton, a human right worker and the other two are said to be her parents.
Demonstrators in Gaza City hold banners demanding freedom for the
kidnapped British human rights worker Kate Burton.
Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty
Unlike previous kidnappings of westerners in Gaza, usually resolved within hours, the kidnappers made no contact with the authorities to make demands or arrange for the release of Kate Burton, 25, and her parents Hugh and Helen. They were snatched by seven armed men in Rafah, a deprived town in a very poor area.
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I truely feel sorry for her, for her family and for Palestinians who are under enough pressures already. The last thing they need is human rights workers discouraged and departing after this unfortunate incident took place. Lets not forget the ISM workers who were kidnapped while in Iraq too.
Three People Missing in Gaza
One of them is Kate Burton, a human right worker and the other two are said to be her parents.
Demonstrators in Gaza City hold banners demanding freedom for the
kidnapped British human rights worker Kate Burton.
Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty
Unlike …
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