WikiLeaks cables: FCO ’refused to speak with doomed British hostage’ - Telegraph
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Foreign Office officials turned down the opportunity to speak to a British man held hostage in Mali before his execution because they did not want to be seen to negotiate with terrorists, cables obtained by WikiLeaks indicate.