Libya - Two foreign journalists arrested four days ago at Zawiya, still held

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the Libyan authorities to immediately release two journalists, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad of the London-based Guardian newspaper and Andrei Netto of the Brazilian daily O Estado de São Paulo, who were arrested near Zawiya, 30 km west of the capital, on 6 March. The press freedom organization firmly condemns their arrest. Journalists should not under any circumstances be made to pay for the fighting between government forces and rebels. They were detained by (...)

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