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Gift of the Giver founder, Imtiaz Sooliman, said that their negotiator was in Mali trying to persuade the Swellendam paramedic's captors to release Van Deventer, who was initially kidnapped in Libya in 2017.
A hostage negotiator seeking the release of Gerco van Deventer has received confirmation from his captors that the process of decision-making on the request for his unconditional release is under way.
The UN asks Libya to treat migrants with dignity and avoid the said arbitrary and mass expulsion of asylum seekers.
Swellendam paramedic Van Deventer has been held captive for more than five years in Mali following his kidnapping in Libya in 2017.
The captors of Gerco van Deventer, the South African paramedic captive in Mali, will soon make a final decision regarding appeals to release him unconditionally.