Parents of detained American journalist Austin Tice urge US, Syria: "bring our son home"

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF), along with the United Nations Correspondents Association and the Committee to Protect Journalists, hosted a press conference on Monday for the parents of Austin Tice, the American journalist detained in Syria since 2012. On the eve of the UN General Assembly, the Tices called for direct engagement between the governments of the United States and Syria in order to bring Austin safely home. On Monday, Debra Tice held back tears as she reminded journalists of the time that had passed since her son, a freelance journalist published in McClatchy News, The Washington…

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