ALAN JOHNSTON PETITION BBC News website users around the world have written in their thousands to demand the release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston. An online petition was started on Monday, 2 April and closed at 2300BST (2200GMT) on the following Thursday. It said: “We, the undersigned, demand the immediate release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston. We ask again that everyone with influence on this situation increase their efforts, to ensure that Alan is freed quickly and unharmed.” The petition coincided with a full-page appeal, backed by several journalists and media personalities, which was published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. More than 8,000 people responded to the BBC News website petition and their names are published below. Ramy M. Abdallah, Texas, USA Muna Aghawani, Ramallah Mahira Afridi, Istanbul, Turkey Ahoura Afshar Silver Spring, MD, USA Prof Reza Afshari, New York, USA Nadira Artyk, Paris, France Rebecca Ashcraft, Chicago, USA Martin Asser London, UK Aida Jabalia camp, Gaza Karen Ashby Falkirk, Scotland Marian Atkinson St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Adam Ault, Madison, USA Hafizi Azmal Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Peter Badrick, Haywards Heath, UK Paschal B. Bagonza Kampala, Uganda 1 Amina Baha, Minneapolis, USA Lewis Barr, Portland, Oregon Trushar Barot London, UK Kathy Bartlett Cumbria, UK Amber Bashar, London, UK Sabir Bashir, High Wycombe, UK Cat Bauman St. Louis, USA Eric Bergmann, Southfield, USA Thomas Bilbrough, London, UK Philip Bland, York, England Hannah Bloch, Washington DC, USA Stuart Bowman London, UK Sue Brewer, London, UK Alex Briggs, Guildford, UK Ben Brill, London, England Jeremy Brown, Edinburgh, UK Louisa Brooke London, UK Vivienne Brooks Winchester, UK Rev Peter Brown Northampton, UK Joy Butler, Wiesbaden, Germany Lucy Carlyle London, UK Joanne Cayford London, UK James Clarke Birmingham, UK Victor Chan London, UK Neleen Chandra, Detroit, USA Natalie Chisholm Northants Amritamati Clark London, UK B.L.Clark Poole, UK Gaynor Clarke Leigh, Lancashire, UK Andrew Clifford, Oak Park, Illinois, USA Emily Clymer, Philadelphia, USA Paul Colettii, London, UK Tim Cooke London, UK Isabelle Corr, Bristol, UK Siobhan Courtney Dorset, UK Fiona Cowan, Stamford, UK Mrs J Crickmore Colchester England Lawrence Crosbie London, UK Imogen Crump, London, UK Michael Culligan, Albany, USA Cathryn Curran London, UK Lauren Curry, Chicago, USA Adam Curtis London, UK Dave Reading, UK Leon Davis Nagoya, Japan Paul Davies Bournemouth, UK Debra Eastbourne, UK Sarah Depuydt Torhout, Belgium Selin Devranoglu, Edirne, Turkey Alex Diakopoulos, Athens, Greece Daniel Dick, Garland, USA Nina Donaghy, Washington DC, USA Charlton Dwight London, UK 2 James Earl London, UK Robert Eastland, Hamburg, Germany Kerry Egan Livingston, Scotland Margaret Farrell, Rome, Italy Jessica Fellowes London, UK Laurence Fischer, London, UK Paul Flood Biggleswade, UK Eva Fox Sant Antoni de Calonge, Spain Anne Gall Port Talbot, Wales David Gardener, Surrey, UK Ann Geddes, Dundee, UK Kelly Geraty, Cornwall, UK Cami Gerwen Chicago, USA Emily Gore, London, England Lynne Guyton London, UK Mojtaba Hadian Edinburgh, Scotland Maria Hampton Cambridge, Cambs Jim Hansen Brookings, Oregon, USA Kathy Harcombe London, UK Clare Hardy, Berkshire, UK Tim Harness, Twickenham, London Mohammed Shahid Hassan, Philadelphia, USA Vanessa Heaney London, UK Christian Herbert, Malmo, Sweden Timothy Hilgenberg, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK Jonah Hill, Berkeley, USA Sarah Hodgson Helensburgh, Scotland Polly Howes Yelverton, Devon, UK Khin Htwe Ithaca, NY, USA Ian Canada Tim Irwin, Washington DC, USA Alex G. Isbell Philadelphia, USA Lindsay Jones London, UK Mikaela Jones, London, UK Sandhya Kashyap, Allentown, USA Rebecca Keating London, UK David Keeley Cork, Ireland Sylvia Kelm, Bochum, Germany Lucy Kenny Bristol, UK MS J Kettle London, UK Jehanzeb Khan, Saginaw. MI USA Mohamed Khedr Canada Matthew Korade Alison Krentel, Toronto, Canada Philip Lamont, Ottawa, Canada Laura Preston, UK Steven Lauwerier, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Peter Leary London, UK Karuna Leigh, Norwich, UK Karen Lee, Dublin, Ireland Angela Legge Leeds, UK Teresa Lima, London, UK Taimoor Ling Minneapolis, USA 3 Aoife Liyanage London, UK Kate Losowsky London, UK Dumeetha Luthra London, UK Craig Lyons, Galway, Ireland ChernorJalloh Almeria, Spain Alasdair Macleod, Glasgow, UK Jackie MacNamara, Dublin, Ireland John Maguire, Bristol, UK Nathalie Malinarich London, UK Jawdat Manna, Bethlehem Hannah Martin London, UK Patrick Mason-Green Abertillery, Gwent Daoud Mateen, USA Mavis Kampala, Uganda Fatemeh Mayanloo Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada Richard McKee, Northern Ireland Jennifer Mitchell, London, UK, London, UK Ben Moore, Reading, UK Genevieve Monteiro, Delta, Canada Isabella Mulvaney, Glasgow, UK Sean Murricane Leeds, UK Penny Murphy London, UK Nohad Nassif, Houston, USA Simon Neale Telford, UK Sara Neill Hull, UK Jennifer Nestor, Dublin, Ireland Rapan Olimpiu, Bistrita, Romania Ritchie Pannetti Geneva, Switzerland Jonathan Paterson, London, UK Tony Pearce Caterham, UK Tanja Philipp Kiel, Germany Lyn Picken, London, UK Abraham Pilgrimage Dubai Greg Piper, Oregon, USA Alison Pledge, Leamington Spa, UK Kristine Pommert London, UK Samantha Porter Huddersfield, UK Haridas Pudavar, Buffalo, NY, USA Nicole Ramm, Langley, Canada Vanessa Randle, Birmingham, UK S.Ravichandran, Tamil Nadu, India Kate Reynolds Stow, Scotland Charlotte Riley, London, UK Tanya Ronson, Leeds, UK Emma Rooney London, UK Kirby Rosser Argroves Sant Antoni de Calonge, Spain Sue Rothwell, Grasse, France Jenny Ryan, London, UK Raouf Saad, Canada Beryl Saragas Athens, Greece Louisa Scarff, Poole, UK Sahil Shah Hounslow, UK Larry Sheehan, Connecticut, USA 4 Lesley Sixsmith London, UK Shelby Sleight, Greencastle, USA Samuel Smith London, UK Ashley Squires, Inman, SC, USA Charlotte Stacey London, UK Jenny Steel, Paris, France Chris Strickland Edinburgh, Scotland Federico Tak Oxford, UK Hisham Thainat, Irbid, Jordan Jiten Thakrar, UK Joey Thompson, Columbus, Ohio, USA Simon Thorne Ashtead, UK Crispin Thorold, London, UK Deepak Tripathi, Woking, UK Nicole Tung, New York, USA Connor Walsh London, UK Kevin Wang Barcelona, Spain Edward Ware, London, UK Adam White, Big Rapids, MI, USA James Whittington London, UK Simon H. Wiium, Reykjavik, Iceland Sastra Wijaya London, UK Holly Williams Brentwood, UK Nathan Williams London, UK Sarah Williams London, UK Michael Wilson London, UK Steve Wilson, Tokyo, Japan Scott Wohlschlager, Idaho, USA Mary Wood Dursley, Glos, UK Mel Wood Alaska, USA Chris Woods, London, UK Melanie Wyatt Stafford, UK Sam Haider Cricklewood, London Katie Jennings Coventry, UK Katherine Turley Downpatrick, Northern Ireland David Clensy Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Paul Pitkin Portland, USA Martin Philip London, UK Thierry Winnipeg, Canada Shaye Hoobanoff Vancouver, Canada Tyler Storey Phoenix, United States Kelly Pahlavi-Jones UK Renee Yoch California, USA Andrea Lattacher Vienna, Austria Paul Cady Pennsylvania, USA Negar Heckscher Portland, Oregon, USA Rachel Sutherland New York, USA James Rostampour Prague, Czech Republic Debbie Hunter Cleveland, Ohio, USA Cherie Tindall Fairview, USA Derinola Thompson New York, USA Jackie Black York, UK Paul G. Taylor Harden, UK 5 Anne Dickinson Cambridge Timothy Warner Cairo, Egypt Norhal El Halwagy USA Lewis James Emmerton Durham, Great Britain Sheila Ali-Oston London, UK Palamara Cinzia Reggio Calabria, Italy John L Sibley Shoreline, Washington USA Bernard Vetter London, UK Sulin Allen New York, USA Mehdi Zohouri Thunder Bay, Canada Amanda Ward Beverley, UK Adem Saykin London, UK Hodan Pankhurst London, UK Ajda Saykin London, UK Christine Rice Gillingham, UK Hannah McFarland Ipswich, UK Rev. Bosco Bangura Leuven, Belgium Lauren Holder Brighton, UK Ben Sadler Ashford, Kent Aysegul Williams London, UK Zdenko Juskuv Cumberland, US Jane Attwell Goldens Bridge, USA Tim Wilson Arundel, UK Fiona Tims Maidenhead, England Naser M. El Masry Renton, Washington, USA Kay Dowson USA David Hazel Fareham, UK Thomas Philipose Basking Ridge, NJ, USA Kenn Verrell Crawley, Sussex Rory Mac Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland Madeleine Newell Arlington, USA Driton Maliqi Kosova Karen Dimbleby Basingstoke, UK Linda Peregrino Front Royal, USA Frances Bruce London, UK Abdelilah Boukili Marrakesh, Morocco Samantha Smith London, UK Hodan Pankhurst London, UK Brenda Leonard West Sussex Peter Miller Gainesville, Florida, USA Elizabeth Baker Stoke on Trent Gordon Sim Hawick, Roxburghshire Simon Carr Didcot, UK Alan Marsh Sonali Bajaj Providence, USA Mr Gilmartin Bristol Mrs Gilmartin Bristol Jennifer Anderson Banbury, UK Alan Marsh Mellieha, Malta John Pinto Edinburgh, UK Eve Cripps Cooperstown, USA Diana Birdsall Morris, United States Iain Murray Poole, Dorset 6 Mike Niebuhr Atlanta, USA Michael Docherty Glasgow, Scotland Roy West Basildon, UK David Ingram Deal, Kent Laura Barnard Edinburgh, UK James Hormel Brattleboro Faysal Adel Syria Anita Mehta Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA S Oldham UK Virginia Rice Kansas City, MO Farhana Karim Maple Grove, MN, USA Jon Mills Bristol, UK Claudia Ricca Buenos Aires, Argentina Imtiaz Leeds, UK Belal Gaza City, Palestinian Territories Patricia Overstreet-Millre Lake Forest,USA Kristina Kilian Berlin, Germany Andreas Tsolakis Brussels, Belgium Anthony Bannister Hamamatsu, Japan Cornel Lazar London, UK Colin Barbasiewicz Wokingham, UK Simcha Israel Darryl Li New Haven, USA Paul Esslemont Perth, UK Vladimir I. 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