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Emanuel Christen and Elio Erriquez released

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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Emanuel Christen and Elio Erriquez, the two ICRC orthopaedic technicians abducted while on their way to work in Sidon, Lebanon, on 6 October 1989, were released on 8 and 13 August 1990 respectively after 307 and 312 days of captivity.

Both delegates followed the same path to freedom. They were handed over to Syrian forces in Lebanon and then transferred to Damascus where, in the presence of the head of the ICRC's delegation in the Syrian capital, they were entrusted to the care of the Swiss embassy. From Damascus a special aircraft chartered by the ICRC brought them back to Switzerland, where they were welcomed by their families, by Mr. René Felber, head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and by ICRC President Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 30 , Issue 278 , October 1990 , pp. 435 - 436
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1990

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