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Two Abducted MSF Staff Released in Haiti

March 12, 2010 - 01:23

Port-au-Prince, March 11, 2010 – Two staff members of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), abducted on March 5 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, were safely released today.

“We are immensely relieved,” said Jean-Sebastien Matte, head of mission for MSF in Haiti. “Our colleagues are out, are safe and are in good health. We share in the joy of their relatives and friends who have been eagerly awaiting such good news over the past five days. Our two colleagues will soon be reunited with their families.”

Out of respect for the privacy of the two, MSF is not disclosing their identities. The organization will also not publish any information on the circumstances under which these events took place.

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