The phrase "release hostages" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to mean "free those who have been taken and held against their will". For example: "The kidnappers finally agreed to release their hostages after hours of negotiations."
Police may demand that a hostage-taker release hostages, but it does not grant the hostage-taker legitimacy.
Negotiations with Somali pirates are notoriously tricky and they typically only release hostages for multimillion-pound ransoms.
He called on Moscow to uphold an earlier cease-fire agreement, which calls for withdrawing its support for the separatists and persuading them to release hostages.
When asked about Britain's policy of not paying ransoms to terrorists to release hostages, Mr Hammond said it was "absolutely right".
Another reproach focuses on Belmoktar's habit of agreeing to release hostages for considerably less than the ransom fees agreed by al-Qa'ida's central command.
In 1977 its Special Projects Team helped its West German counterpart, the GSG-9, release hostages from a hijacked airliner at Mogadishu, Somalia.
A4 Iraqi Rebels Release Hostage An Egyptian diplomat who had been kidnapped in Iraq was released by his captors on the grounds that he was a good Muslim.
2. As a class, read and discuss the article "Iraqi Militants Release Hostage After Philippines Withdraws," focusing on the following questions: a.
Read "Colombian Peace Talks Ready to Resume After Guerrillas Release Hostage Army General".
That assessment did not sit well with many Colombians already upset with delays in releasing hostages.
The Taliban have also released hostages in the past after receiving ransom payments.
