The wife of a British man being held by so-called Islamic State militants has called on "the people of the Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband", describing him as a "peaceful, selfless man".
Alan Henning, a former taxi driver from Manchester, was kidnapped last December in Syria by IS militants.
The 47-year-old aid worker was shown at the end of a video last week after the beheading of fellow British captive David Haines.
Mr Henning's wife Barbara said she has sent messages to IS asking them to release her husband but has had no response.
In a statement released through the Foreign Office she said, "Alan is a peaceful, selfless man who left his family and his job as a taxi driver in the UK to drive in a convoy all the way to Syria with his Muslim colleagues and friends to help those most in need.
"When he was taken he was driving an ambulance full of food and water to be handed out to anyone in need.
"His purpose for being there was no more and no less. This was an act of sheer compassion. I cannot see how it could assist any State's cause to allow the world to see a man like Alan dying."
It is the first time Mr Henning's family has issued a public statement since he was threatened in the IS video earlier this month.
The extremist group has previously released footage showing the killing of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
A separate video released this week showed British photojournalist John Cantlie sitting at a desk reading from a prepared script and explaining that he would speak about IS in future videos. There was no threat to kill Mr Cantlie made on camera.
A series of pleas for the release of Mr Henning have been made by high-profile Muslim leaders in recent days, warning IS that the killings and threats are against Sharia law.
Renowned Jihadi ideologue Muhammed al-Maqdisi and the family of jailed Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui, nicknamed "Lady al-Qaeda", whose release has been demanded by IS extremists, have also called for Mr Henning to be freed.
IS fighters closing in on Kurdish border town
Meanwhile, IS fighters are closing in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town after they captured several surronding villages, sending almost 70,000 Kurds fleeing across the border into Turkey.
Fighters are believed to be within 10km of the strategic border town of Ain al-Arab, or Kobane as it is known in Kurdish, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Kurdish militia who have been battling to defend the town have lost 27 fighters since the offensive began last Tuesday, the Observatory said.
IS has lost at least 37 of their fighters, according to the monitoring group, which relies on a network of doctors and activists for its reports.
"The great majority of those killed on the jihadist side have been foreigners, among them Chechens and Gulf Arabs," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
IS have captured more than 60 villages around Kobane over the past five days, which has triggered an exodus of terrified civilians.
Capture of the town would give the jihadists unbroken control of a big swathe of the border with Turkey.
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