Al-Jazeera cameraman urges release of kidnapped BBC journalist

A TV cameraman jailed at Guantanamo Bay has appealed for the release of a BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza, saying his own detention by the US military “is not a lesson that Muslims should copy.”

Sami al-Hajj of the al-Jazeera TV network urged those holding Alan Johnston to free him quickly and without conditions in a statement released today by his attorney.