Libya - Journalists confined to their hotels, Internet disconnected

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores the way the Gaddafi regime prevented journalists from covering the anti-government protests that followed Friday prayers in Tripoli today. Ever since the start of the uprising in mid-February, the regime has been resorting to such unacceptable methods to impose a news blackout on its use of violence against the civilian population. The foreign journalists present in Tripoli were barred from leaving their hotels this morning. Security agents blocked all (...)

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