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Gaza: Alan Johnston kidnapping: BBC reporter freed; *UK RIGHTS ONLY, NO INTERNATIONAL USE*Media applaud Alan Johnston at outdoor press conference SOTAlan Johnston (released BBC Journalist) press conference SOT- guards burst into my room and said get dressed/ young guys with them - I thought this is bad news altogether/ as a captive feint hope is damaging/ I thought there was a 2 per cent chance that it could be over/ the videos were grim: they decided what I was going to say: tried to read it in a way that would show they were not my words - was made to do it again/ psychological pressure of solitary confinement is an extraordinary thing, it's a battle to keep your mind in the right place/ did a lot of looking at my life during confinement: have probably spent too much time working in dangerous environments and not enough time with family and friends/ destroyed by thought of trouble I had brouhgt to my elderly parents/ allowed to watch parents' press conference on television and knew they were coping and was proud of them/ have to be careful and stay out of trouble for a whileCUTAWAYSPress and security guards at press conference, Inigo Gilmore asking question SOTReporter to camera