Foredrag med Daniel Rye - Fra fangenskab til retssag

Name: Foredrag med Daniel Rye - Fra fangenskab til retssag
Start: 2026-08-26T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-26T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Bygningen Vejle

took place · 26 Aug 2026

Bygningen Vejle, Vejle

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In this talk, Daniel Rye recounts the period he spent as an ISIS hostage and the legal proceedings that came after - touching on what it took to survive, how he regained his freedom, and what justice looked like in the end.

About the venue: Bygningen Vejle

Bygningen is Vejle's main cultural centre and music venue, located at Ved Anlæget. The house holds Spillestedet and Store Sal, where a concert programme runs each spring and autumn - covering rock, jazz and blues, with events organised by groups such as Vejle Jazzklub and Bluesforeningen Crossroads. Beyond concerts, the building offers meeting and conference rooms, creative workshops under the name Kreativ Zone, music rehearsal rooms, and a café on the first floor. It is run by the foundation Vejle Kulturservice, with Jelling Musikfestival as the main stakeholder.

Ved Anlæget 14B, 7100 Vejle Get directions

About the event: Foredrag med Daniel Rye - Fra fangenskab til retssag

398 days

length of imprisonment

Good to know

Wednesday 26 August 2026, 19:00
Location: Bygningen Vejle
Held in Danish
Tickets purchased via Ticketmaster
The lecture is part of a nationwide tour
Suitable for adults and young people - contains descriptions of torture and imprisonment
Daniel's experiences are also depicted in the book and film 'Do You See the Moon, Daniel'

What's new

2026-08
The lecture 'From Captivity to Trial' is scheduled in Vejle on August 26, 2026 and is part of a larger tour with stops including Aarhus in October.

About: Daniel Rye

Photojournalist and former ISIS hostage Daniel Rye spent 398 days in Islamic State prisons in Syria, emerging as the last Western captive to survive. In his talks he speaks candidly about captivity, rebuilding his life, and facing his former jailers in courtrooms in the United States and France.

700+

lecture held in Denmark

398

days as a hostage with IS

What's new

2025-03
Daniel Rye testified in March 2025 in a major terrorism trial in Paris and met one of his former IS guards, Mehdi Nemmoche, face to face.
2025-01/02
In early 2025, Daniel Rye gave lectures about the book 'Almost Free' in a series of Danish cities, including Aarhus, Odense, Herning, Haderslev and Tønder.
2023-09
In September 2023, Daniel Rye published his own book 'Almost Free - My Way Out of Darkness', which deals with life after captivity and trials against his guards.

Tour

AarhusOdenseHerningHaderslevTønderHjørringLemSvendborg

Tracks

Ser du månen, DanielBook by Puk Damsgård about Ryes captivity - Danish bestseller, won the Cavling Prize, filmed in 2019

Nærmest fri - min vej ud af mørketRyes own book from 2023 about life after captivity and lawsuits against his jailers

Daniel (film, 2019)Danish biographical film directed by Niels Arden Oplev, based on Ryes story

Mens vi venter (fotobog)Photo book from 2019 about climate refugees, documents Ryes work as an active photojournalist

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