MSF-USA: MSF Launches International Media Campaign for Volunteer Kidnapped in Dagestan Four Months Ago

December 19, 2002
MSF Launches International Media Campaign for Volunteer Kidnapped in Dagestan Four Months Ago

By running this simple advertisement in more than 25 newspapers worldwide, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hopes to raise international awareness about Arjan Erkel's abduction in the Russian Republic of Dagestan on August 12, 2002. We, at MSF, remain extremely concerned about Arjan's fate and reiterate our demand for his immediate release. The scheduled publications are listed below.

AUSTRALIA

The Australian (Dec 19)

AUSTRIA

Der Standard (Dec 18)

Die Presse (Dec 18)

Kurier (Dec 18)

Wiener Zeitung (Dec 18)

Wirtschaftsblatt (Dec 18)

Format (Dec 20)

profil (Dec 20)

News (next week)

BELGIUM

European Voice (Dec 18)

Le Soir De Standaard

CANADA

Le Devoir

Le Soleil Montreal

La Presse (Dec 18)

Ottawa Citizen (Dec 18)

Vancouver Sun (Dec 18)

Toronto Star (Dec 18)

Globe and Mail (Dec 18)

Le Droit (Dec 18)

Edmonton Journal (Dec 18)

Montreal Gazette (Dec 18)

Winnipeg Free Press (Dec 18)

DENMARK

Politiken

FRANCE

International Herald Tribune (Dec 23)

GERMANY

Der Spiegel (Dec 21)

Frankfurter Allgemeine (Dec 18)

Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Dec 18)

HONG KONG, CHINA

Various newspapers to be announced

HOLLAND

De Telegraaf (Dec 18)

de Volkskrant (Dec 18)

Algemeen Dagblad (Dec 18)

NRC Handelsblad (Dec 18)

Trouw (Dec 18)

ITALY

Corriere della Sera Repubblica

LUXEMBOURG

La Voix

Tageblatt Zeittung fir Letzebuerg

Le Quotidien

Letzebuerge Journal

NORWAY

Aftenposten

SPAIN

El Pais (Dec 18)

SWITZERLAND

Blick Tages

Anzeiger

20 Min

Le Temps WOZ (Dec 19)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

To Be Announced

UNITED KINGDOM

The Independent (Dec 18)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New York Times (Dec 20)

Washington Post (Dec 20)

Boston Globe (Dec 20)

Chicago Tribune (Dec 20)

Los Angeles Times (Dec 20)

San Francisco Chronicle (Dec 20)