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Freedom has its price

Presenter Audrey Carville discusses the price of freedom, what happens when liberty is taken away and how difficult it is to readjust if and when freedom is restored.

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In the final part of three programme special on Freedom presenter Audrey Carville discusses the price of freedom, what happens when liberty is taken away and how difficult it is to readjust if and when freedom is restored with former hostage Sir Terry Waite. Terry was taken hostage by Hezbollah after travelling to Lebanon in January 1987. He was the special envoy of the then Archbishop of Canterbury and hoped to secure the release of the British journalist John McCarthy and others. But he was accused of being an agent acting for the CIA and was himself kidnapped. During the first year of his captivity, he was kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. He was also subjected to mock executions and beatings while locked in his cell before he was eventually released in 1991. In an in depth interview he talks about what kept him going during his time in captivity, adapting to life again upon his release and his subsequent work with other hostages.

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52 minutes

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Sun 28 Jul 2024 09:00

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  • Sun 28 Jul 2024 09:00