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A blindfolded and bound hostage is escorted by four men outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, November 9, 1979. Standing trial Status unknown Freed Back in the United States Arrested in North Korea Home at last World map showing countries ranked by press freedom, color-coded from green (good) to red (very serious). Most of Europe and Canada are green, while Russia, China, and parts of Africa are red.
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Held hostage
One of the hostages held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran being displayed, blindfolded...
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Standing trial
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in court in February...
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Status unknown
Freelance journalist Austin Tice was captured after crossing the border from Turkey...
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Freed
Brittney Griner smiling while on a plane flying from Russia to Abu Dhabi, United...
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Back in the United States
Ksenia Karelina, center, is greeted as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland,...
© Kevin Mohatt/Reuters
Arrested in North Korea
University of Virginia college student Otto Warmbier is escorted by North Korean...
© Lu Rui—Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images
Home at last
Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson is greeted by colleagues at AP headquarters...
© Najlah Feanny—Corbis/Getty Images

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