Freed Iraq hostage Norman Kember and two other men held with him have announced that they "unconditionally" forgave their captors and wished them no "retribution".
The peace campaigner, along with his two colleagues and fellow hostages James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, also said they wanted "all possible leniency" shown to the men accused of the crime if they are convicted.
But the three peace campaigners, holding the press conference in London, have still to decide if they will give evidence at the men's trial, set for next year in Iraq's Central Criminal Court.
The joint statement comes after police approached Mr Kember and the other men and asked if they would give evidence in the court case.
In the statement, the campaigners said: "We unconditionally forgive our captors for abducting and holding us. We have no desire to punish them. Punishment can never restore what was taken from us.
"What our captors did was wrong. They caused us, our families and our friends great suffering. Yet we bear no malice towards them and have no wish for retribution.
"Should those who have been charged with holding us hostage be brought to trial and convicted, we ask that they be granted all possible leniency. We categorically lay aside any rights we may have over them."
As kidnapping is a capital offence in Iraq, it is understood the alleged captors could face the death penalty.
Mr Kember said the only way he would testify would be to plead for mercy.
He told the press conference: "If it was necessary to take part in a trial to plead for clemency and that was the only way we could come to it, then we would take part, but that would be the only reason to take part."
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