Free Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson, the BBC'a Gaza Strip Journalist for the past three years, has now been held captive for one month by unkown kidnappers.

His plight was mostly ignored while the British Service people were captive in Iran and we know that they were there to do a 'Spy job' on Iran and so in that respect Iran had every right to hold on to them? Alan Johnson however was a friend of the Palastinian people and reaching the end of his placement in the Gaza Strip when he was taken from his hire car on the 12 March 2007.

He has now been held longer than any other kidnapped journalist.

There will be a press conference/multi news programme held around the world at 2.30pm (UK time) today. The BBC/Sky/Al Jezeera and other news channels will be working in conjunction to highlight his plight and there has been some news today to indicate that Alan is at least safe.

Sadly this part of the world is continuously vulnerable and kidnappings are part of the norm; a journalist is a good bargaining tool but when I have tried to work out what for none of it makes any real sense? So many people have different reasons and lots of people have their own blogs now with their own anlalysis - Bit like me hey! What does it matter.....

FREE ALAN JOHNSON