'Personal project'
The photojournalist was captured in January 2017 near a hospital run by Gift of the Givers, which is a South African charity. In an email he wrote to a close friend and fellow journalist days before his abduction, Mr Mohamed spoke of his hopes for the near future. "This is a personal project for me... I feel that it is the least that I can do for the Syrians." South Africa's foreign affairs ministry told the AFP news agency that it had been working to release Mr Mohamed "from day one". "That he is finally home is something we are really really happy about," spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele added. A recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found Syria to be the deadliest country for journalists to work in. Seven were murdered in 2019 alone, the CPJ said.DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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