Peter Moore

Consequences for regimes that take Americans hostage are essential for effective deterrence, accountability for captors, and justice for victims. This first use of the State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention designation is a critical step. Right now, ensuring the safe release of Americans held hostage in Iran must be the top priority. #BringThemHome #SSWD @BOFHcampaign @StateSPEHA @SecRubio state.gov/releases/offic…

On Jan. 27, 2025, 🇺🇸 Dennis Coyle was unlawfully detained without charges by the Taliban. An academic researcher who worked to help others now needs our help to come home. Dear @POTUS, Dennis’s elderly mother & his three sisters have been fighting tirelessly for 396 days. We are now counting on you to pressure the Taliban to release Dennis & all the Americans wrongfully held in Afghanistan! @FreeDennisCoyle @SecRubio @aboehler @StateDept @StateSPEHA @SebGorka @WhiteHouse @realZalmayMK

HAW Daily Brief 1/3 Hostage Taking or Hostage Making? The Case for Prioritising Outcomes in Identifying and Modelling Hostage Diplomacy hostageaid.org/hostage-taking… UK - Taylor and Francis State hostage-taking, or ‘hostage diplomacy,’ is a specific form of arbitrary detention that has emerged as a particularly thorny international challenge. Difficulties in identifying cases of hostage diplomacy, considerable inter-case diversity and the preference of most governments to resolve cases behind the scenes has complicated efforts to analyse and quantify the nature, scope and significance. @KMooreGilbert

There may be currently nothing new to post about American journalist Austin Tice. But saying his name matters. It matters because forgetting is easy, & silence is how cases fade away. Austin has been gone for 13 years. Thirteen years of unanswered questions. Thirteen years of anguish for his family. Bringing someone home takes persistence. It takes people who refuse to let the story disappear, who keep the pressure on simply by caring & speaking up. So when you read this, pause; take a moment & think about Austin, about what he has been going through, & what his family continues to live through. Imagine if it were someone you loved. So please keep saying his name. Keep his story alive. And keep urging @POTUS to #BringAustinHome. @realDonaldTrump @secrubio @StateDept @PressSec @SteveWitkoff @JDVance @HouseForeign @StateSPEHA @USMC @aboehler @HouseForeignGOP @WhiteHouse @MarcATice @DebraTice @USEmbassySyria @washingtonpost @PressClubDC @mcclatchy @ptalamantes @mccarrennews @FreeAustinTice @NPCInstitute @RSF_en @naomi_tice @pressfreedom @rcfp @PeterHuvos @marcorubio @RepAlGreen @USAMBTurkiye

HAW Daily Brief 1/1 British Couple Jailed in Iran to Go on Hunger Strike hostageaid.org/british-couple… UK - Iran International Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple sentenced to 10 years in prison on espionage charges in Iran, said they would begin a hunger strike on March 4, accusing authorities of violating the country’s constitution. In a message from Tehran's Evin prison, the couple said they would reach fourteen months in detention on March 4, 2026, and vowed to continue their hunger strike until they are freed. @freelindscraig

We stand the brave Iranians for freedom against the despotic and oppressive Iranian regime. We also call for the immediate release of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, the British nationals held in cruel captivity.

4/4 Family of UK Couple Detained in Iran & Supporters Hand Petition to No 10 hostageaid.org/family-of-uk-c… UK - Independent It is a year since Lindsay & Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a world motorcycle tour & were later charged with espionage. Ms Foreman’s son Joe Bennett was joined by former detainee Anoosheh Ashoori & Richard Ratcliffe, who fought a public campaign that involved two hunger strikes to have his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed from Iran, at the steps of Number 10 Downing Street to deliver the 70,000-signature petition. “We want public acknowledgement that it is completely barbaric they are being held on these charges of espionage, that they are not spies for the British state & they are going to do everything they can to get them home.” @freelindscraig @FreeNazanin

HAW Daily Brief 1/4 When I Was Behind Bars, Time Stopped. But You Could Never Hide from The New Year hostageaid.org/when-i-was-beh… Australia - The Age When you’re a prisoner time passes differently to life outside. When I was first arrested in Iran & thrown into a solitary confinement cell in Evin prison I would carve a line for each day into the soft plaster of the wall & try to work backwards to figure out the date. Many months later, letting go of this habit was strangely empowering. The holidays were the greatest challenge to this cultivated indifference. There is nothing like being able to celebrate the holidays & other family milestones as a free person, having had this taken away from you. This year, I hope that time speeds up just a little bit more for those Australians wrongfully imprisoned overseas. And that the new year will bring with it much longed-for freedom for them all. @KMooreGilbert

3/4 Family Of Famous Musician's Son Who Vanished in Venezuela Say They Hope He'll Soon Be Home After Maduro Fell hostageaid.org/family-of-famo… UK - Daily Mail James Luckey-Lange, 28, a Staten Island native, is the son of late cult musician Q Lazzarus, whose music appeared in The Silence of the Lambs. He is among several Americans recently detained by Venezuelan security forces. His aunt, Abbie Luckey, told Daily Mail the family has been clinging to hope amid months of uncertainty. 'After Maduro's capture, I remain hopeful & confident that the citizens being held will return safe & unharmed,' she said. Luckey-Lange was last in contact with his family the week before his disappearance.

The Foley Foundation remains concerned about the safety and prompt return of at least five Americans reportedly detained in Venezuela, including dual nationals and U.S. citizens, some of whom may be designated as wrongfully detained. As part of our commitment to individuals held hostage or wrongfully detained, we conduct research reports focusing on countries using the wrongful detention of Americans as a diplomatic weapon. In 2025, Elizabeth Richards, Foley Foundation Director of Hostage Advocacy and Research authored “Venezuela: A Clear Pattern of Abuse”. You may read the report in full here: jamesfoleyfoundation.org/wp-content/upl…

Dear @POTUS, You know Austin Tice. You fought to bring him home during your previous term, & you are actively working now to reunite the Tice family. A key U.S. ally possesses some of the most advanced intelligence capabilities in the world. Debra Tice appealed to @netanyahu to share any intelligence available on her son. Please use your influence to press for their full cooperation. Please authorize Middle Eastern partners to actively assist in locating Austin. Time matters. Silence & hesitation only prolong this family’s suffering. Please take every necessary step: diplomatic, intelligence, & political to finally #BringAustinHome. Christmas is a time of hope, & after 4,879 days, let this be the moment that this family's prayers are finally answered, & Austin’s return home a reminder that America never abandons its own. @realDonaldTrump @secrubio @StateDept @PressSec @SteveWitkoff @JDVance @HouseForeign @StateSPEHA @USMC @aboehler @HouseForeignGOP @WhiteHouse @MarcATice @DebraTice @USEmbassySyria @washingtonpost @PressClubDC @mcclatchy @ptalamantes @mccarrennews @FreeAustinTice @NPCInstitute @wppressfreedom @RSF_en @naomi_tice @pressfreedom @rcfp @PeterHuvos @marcorubio @RepAlGreen @USAMBTurkiye

HAW Daily Brief 1/9 Norway Confirms Detention of Its citizen in Iran hostageaid.org/norway-confirm… UK - Iran International "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested in Iran, but due to our obligation to respect confidentiality we cannot provide further details," the spokesperson said. On Sunday, HRANA identified the woman as Shahin Mahmoudi, whose name the rights group said appears as Shine Mahmoudi in Norwegian identity documents. Mahmoudi was summoned by phone to the Intelligence Ministry office in Saqqez last Sunday and was detained around noon after reporting to the security body, HRANA said.  She was later transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center in the nearby city of Sanandaj.

Day 3,517 of injustice for Ahmadreza Djalali & his family. He has been wrongfully detained since April 2016 & sentenced to death on bogus charges following a forced confession. His detention continues in violation of international law #BringDjalaliHome @SwedishPM @MariaStenergard

JUSTICE WALL in London today on Human rights day! Highlighting the plight of 🇸🇪 Ahmadreza Djalali, Dawit Isaak, Gui Minhai, & 🇬🇧 Jimmy Lai, among others. We proudly stand with @SolidarityHR, @Edelstam, @TheRWCHR, @GLALegalDefense, @eritrea_focus till they are all home! @FreeDawit @BietelhemI @VMehrannia @angelagui_ @SupportJimmyLai

On this Armistice Day, we pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who stood in the face of unimaginable hardship, who sacrificed their tomorrows so that we might live in peace and freedom. The world we cherish today was built on their courage, their unity, and their strong belief in what was right. But remembrance alone is not enough. The freedoms they fought for can only endure if we continue their fight for justice, compassion and the values we hold dear. We must not allow hatred or extremist ideologies to erode the values they died to protect. It is our duty, as citizens of this nation, to defend what they built and to carry their torch forward with pride and determination. Let us honor their memory not just in silence, but in action by standing together around our values, by choosing decency over division, and by striving to create a future worthy of their sacrifice. #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #IRGCterrorists

Swedish FM @MariaStenergard met with her Iranian & Eritrean counterparts in New York & rightly called for the release of Ahmadreza Djalali & Dawit Isaak. An important step in the right direction. But this is only the start. Words must now be backed by relentless, coordinated diplomatic pressure until they are free. And Sweden must not stop there. Another Swedish citizen, Gui Minhai, remains unlawfully imprisoned in China. We urge you to raise his case with Beijing & demand his immediate release as well. These innocent men have suffered far too long. Their families have waited far too many years. It’s time to turn promises into action & bring them home immediately & unconditionally! #FreeDawit #SaveAhmadreza #FreeGuiMinhai @SwedishPM @SweMFA @AmnestySverige @VMehrannia @GeertBourgeois @tomvdkendelaere @hildevautmans @weimers @DavidLega @RSF_inter @pen_int @TheRWCHR @LantosFndn @RSF_RUG @Erik_Larsson @bergersus @KurdoBaksi @RSF_inter @Free_Djalali @FreeDawit @angelagui_ @Danait4 @BietelhemI @esayasisaak @Edelstam

Day 3,380 of injustice for Ahmadreza Djalali and his family. They have been deprived of any contact for over a month. Grave concerns about Ahmadreza's whereabouts and conditions continue. What action is being taken to #SaveAhmadreza? @MariaStenergard @SwedishPM @kajakallas

Today marks 12 years since 🇮🇹 Father Paolo Dall’Oglio went to negotiate the release of hostages in Syria & became a hostage himself. He stood for justice, compassion, & the power of human connection. He walked into danger out of love for the Syrian people … and never walked out. A man of courage, truth, & unwavering hope. We will not forget him. We will not stop asking: Where is Father Paolo? @GiorgiaMeloni @Antonio_Tajani @ItalyMFA @ItalyMFA_int @Palazzo_Chigi

It is great to see that, after over two years of camping outside the UK’s FCDO and providing extensive evidence on the threats posed by the Islamic Republic and the IRGC, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has recognised that the regime has significantly increased its physical threat to people on British soil since 2022. The Committee’s finding that the danger posed to Iranian dissidents, as well as Jewish and Israeli interests, is on par with the threat from Russia is an important acknowledgement. This is a crucial step forward for further measures, including activating the snapback mechanism and supporting the people of Iran in their struggle for regime change. isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/upl… #IRGCterrorists‌

My interview with @kaitborsay on @TimesRadio on the UK Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament’s report about the Iranian regime’s growing threat in Britain. I stated that this is a crucial step forward for further measures, including activating the snapback mechanism and supporting the people of Iran in their struggle for regime change, as it is the only solution for this threat. I further stated that given the sheer number of threats I’ve personally received, I feel that each day may very well be my last, which is why I am doing everything I can to achieve the ultimate goal that everyone is after, which is the total elimination of this threat. #IRGCterrorists