Media Coverage
Munchausen in Gaza
Published on October 26, 2024
NGOs such as the UK No Ordinary Day play an important role in humanitarian support, especially to build trust for future cooperation. This organization, which has years of experience in the evacuation of wounded, hostages and prisoners from conflict areas, provides practical assistance to innocent civilians who have been injured in Israeli attacks on Hamas positions. No Ordinary Day not only helps these people concretely, but also uses this help as a means to promote international cooperation with NGOs.
Terror Inc. with Scott Richards, conflict consultant
Published on October 22, 2024
For this episode of The Insights Podcast, I’m talking with Scott Richards, a fellow Australian who is an advisor on conflicts and international relations to governments and interested parties worldwide. With Presidium Network, he worked on high-profile hostage cases, notably to secure the freedom of foreigners kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now he works with No Ordinary Day, supporting people and communities impacted by war or injustice.
A Negotiator's Perspective
Published on April 27, 2024
A guest blog on the Israeli Hostage situation, with the kind assistance of Luc Bernard. It's an in-depth piece into the processes of hostage negotiation, and what has been absent from the negotiations between the Israeli Government and Hamas.
‘The Taliban Turned All My Ambitions Into Dust’
Published on October 10, 2023
"There were clear signs in July 2021 that the collapse was imminent. I was writing recommendations concerning a regional arms deal for the [U.S.] Senate Armed Services Committee, and noted in that report that the Taliban takeover was near. I was in constant communication with the republic government, and there was a sense that Biden would never abandon the republic. It became evident when the U.S. didn’t deliver the scheduled budget. There was a last-minute scramble, but by then it was too late."
Four British men freed by Taliban after being held in Afghanistan
Published on August 13, 2023
Four British men freed by Taliban after being held in Afghanistan.Four British nationals who were held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are to return to the UK on Tuesday. The Presidium Network, a British not-for-profit organisation that works in conflict zones and has assisted the men, named three of them as Kevin Cornwell, a charity medic; Miles Routledge and Ian Purchase. The other cannot be named for legal reasons.
British 'Danger Tourist' and Charity Workers Held by Taliban in Afghanistan
Published on April 2, 2023
Three British nationals are currently being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a humanitarian organisation has told the BBC. One of those being held is thought to have built an online following by visiting dangerous places while the two others are understood to have been arrested during a raid on accommodation used by foreign aid workers. The UK Foreign Office has said it's "working hard" to get in touch with the three men.
Miles Routledge Among Britons Held in Afghanistan
Published on April 1, 2023
Miles Routledge - a social media, self-described "danger tourist" - is among three Britons being held in Afghanistan. The trio, which include charity medic Kevin Cornwell and another unnamed UK national who manages a hotel in Kabul, were detained in January.
Presidium Network Reports on Detained Britons in Afghanistan
Published on April 1, 2023
The Presidium Network stated that charity medic Kevin Cornwell is among the men detained in Afghanistan, along with another man. The third Briton being held is 23-year-old Miles Routledge, who returned after being rescued by British troops in August 2021.
Danger Tourist, Charity Medic, and Third Briton Held by Taliban in Afghanistan
Published on April 1, 2023
A nonprofit group called the Presidium Network said one of the men was charity medic Kevin Cornwell, who had been detained in January, along with another man. The third Briton being held is 23-year-old Miles Routledge, who had returned to the country after being rescued from Afghanistan by British troops in August 2021.
Three British men being held by Taliban in Afghanistan
Published on April 3, 2023
Three British nationals are currently being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a humanitarian organisation has told the BBC.Scott Richards from the Presidium Network named one of the men as Kevin Cornwell, 53, from Middlesbrough.
Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban helped free four British men
Published on October 11, 2023
A group helping four British nationals released from detention in Afghanistan says it used prior contact with the Taliban to argue for their release.UN aid worker Kevin Cornwell, from Middlesbrough, has returned to the UK with the three others.