Editing Terry Waite (section)

=== Captivity and release ===
Waite arrived in Beirut on 12 January 1987 with the intention of negotiating with the [[Islamic Jihad Organization]], which was holding hostages, including [[Terry A. Anderson]] and [[Thomas Sutherland (academic)|Thomas Sutherland]].<ref>Terry Waite. ''Taken on Trust''. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. p. 3,. {{ISBN|978-0-340-62452-4}}.</ref> On 20 January, he agreed to meet the captors of the hostages as he was promised safe conduct to visit the hostages, who, he was told, were ill. The group broke trust and took him hostage.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ap|date=1987-02-01|title=Abductors in Beirut Demand That Israel Free 400 Prisoners|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/world/abductors-in-beirut-demand-that-israel-free-400-prisoners.html|access-date=2020-03-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/18/newsid_2520000/2520055.stm|title=1991: Church envoy Waite freed in Beirut|date=1991-11-18|access-date=2020-03-13|language=en-GB}}</ref> Waite remained in captivity for 1,763 days, the first four years of which were spent in [[solitary confinement]]. He was released on 18 November 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/24-november/news/uk/from-the-archive-bells-ring-nationwide-to-welcome-terry-waite|title=From the archive: Bells ring nationwide to welcome Terry Waite|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>