UPDATE: Haitian journalist Lucien Jura has since been released after being abducted.
ORIGINAL: "[Lucien] Jura was abducted from his home in Pétion-Ville on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday, March 18, according to news reports.
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On Tuesday [March 19], Jura confirmed his kidnapping in a brief phone call with the secretary-general of the Haitian group SOS Journalists, Guy Delva. Delva told CPJ that he called Jura’s cellphone, and one of the kidnappers answered. 'I asked to speak to Jura, and he said ‘Okay’ and passed the phone to him,' Delva told CPJ. 'He spoke in a calm and serious tone.' The journalist told Delva he was doing well and taking steps to get out of the situation."
