Three international news networks held a joint broadcast today calling for the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston a month after he was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City.
The 25-minute broadcast by the BBC, Al-Jazeera and Sky News - with a contribution from CNN - was part of a day of public events meant to put pressure on the kidnappers, including an appeal from Johnston's father to "let my son go. Now. Today!"
Johnston, from Argyllshire, was abducted at gunpoint March 12th, has been held longer than any other foreigner kidnapped in Gaza.
Johnston, the only foreign reporter based in Gaza, was snatched just weeks before he was scheduled to end his three-year stint there.
There has been no sign of life from him since, and no word from his captors. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the BBC he had "credible evidence that Alan was safe and well," BBC director general Mark Thompson said during a news conference in Ramallah today.
Mr Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said the Palestinian president had been reassured that Johnston was alive, and Mr Abbas "is exerting every possible effort to ensure his release."