Thursday, 10. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 10, 2011 at 4:18:00 PM CET
Gaddafi forces detain and beat BBC Arabic team
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's security forces detained and beat up a BBC news team who were trying to reach the strife-torn western city of Zawiya.
Members of the three-man team were beaten with fists, knees and rifles, hooded and subjected to mock executions by Libyan troops and secret police.
The three were detained on Monday and held for 21 hours, but have now flown out of Libya.
bbc.co.uk guardian.co.uk bbc.co.uk Two foreign journalists arrested four days ago at Zawiya, still held - rsf.org
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