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(November by the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), an umbrella group for pacifist church activism, shows from L to R clockwise: Kidnapped US national Tom Fox, 54, British national Norman Kember, 74, Canadian nationals James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32. Photo: AFP)
The British government said it was still hopeful Iraqi kidnappers would release British peace activist Norman Kember and three other Western hostages despite threats to kill them.
"We are investigating this latest development and we are in constant touch with Mr Kember's family through a family liaison officer," said a Foreign Office spokesman after a new video of the hostages was shown on Al-Jazeera television.
"We are also in touch with the Iraqi authorities, and of course we are hopeful that Mr Kember and his colleagues will be released unharmed and reunited with their families."
Kember, a 74-year-old grandfather from northwest London, is a retired medical physicist and lifelong peace campaigner and human rights advocate.
He was kidnapped in Baghdad last Saturday along with American Tom Fox, 54, and two Canadians, James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32.
In a statement released Wednesday, Kember's family said he had gone to Iraq "to listen, not convert; to learn from the Iraqi people, not to impose values; to promote peace and understanding".
(Source: AFP)
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