🌐 Entity
Hostage
Person seized by abductor to compel action by another party
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- International Relations (1)
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Marco Rubio (1) · Shelly Kittleson (1) · Iraq (1) · Kata'ib Hezbollah (1) · Journalist Release (1) · Hostage Situation (1) · US State Department (1)
📖 Key Information
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition defines a hostage as "a person who is handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war."
A party who seizes one or more hostages is known as a hostage-taker; if the hostages are present voluntarily, then the receiver is known as a host.
In civil society, along with kidnapping for ransom and human trafficking (often willing to ransom its captives when lucrative or to trade on influence), hostage taking is a criminal activity.
📰 Related News (1)
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🇺🇸 Rubio says US journalist Shelly Kittleson is free, working on safe departure from IraqSecretary of State Marco Rubio said late Tuesday that American journalist Shelly Kittleson was freed after being held hostage by an Iran-backed militi...
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