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| Alan Henning: Wife makes new appeal to Islamic State | Alan Henning: Wife makes new appeal to Islamic State |
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| The wife of a British hostage being held by militants has made a renewed call for his release, saying there has been "outcry across the world" over his imprisonment. | The wife of a British hostage being held by militants has made a renewed call for his release, saying there has been "outcry across the world" over his imprisonment. |
| Barbara Henning appealed directly to leaders of Islamic State (IS) for the release of her husband Alan, who was captured in Syria in December. | Barbara Henning appealed directly to leaders of Islamic State (IS) for the release of her husband Alan, who was captured in Syria in December. |
| Earlier this month, IS threatened to kill Mr Henning in a video which showed the death of UK hostage David Haines. | |
| Mrs Henning told IS: "He is innocent." | |
| Reading a statement, Mrs Henning - who has previously sent public messages to IS - began: "I have a further message for Islamic State. | |
| "We have not abandoned Alan and we continue in our attempts to communicate with you. | |
| "I have had no contact from Islamic State holding Alan other than an audio file of him pleading for his life. | |
| "Muslims across the globe continue to question Islamic State over Alan's fate." | |
| Mr Henning, who has two children, was delivering aid to Syria when he was taken hostage. | |
| His wife said some people had said her husband was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but she said: "He was in the right place doing the right thing." | |
| She said her family was "at a loss" as to why IS leaders could not "open their hearts and minds to the truth about Alan's humanitarian motives for going to Syria". | |
| She also said IS leaders were ignoring the "verdict of their own justice system" - in a previous statement she said she had been told a Sharia court found Mr Henning "innocent of being a spy". | |
| "Surely those who wish to be seen as a state will act in a statesmanlike way," she added. |