Four Al Jazeera reporters held in Libya

[Turborama]

Source: AFP

Posted Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:53pm

Four journalists working for Al Jazeera, including a Norwegian and a Briton, are being held in Tripoli after being arrested in Libya's west, the Qatar-based satellite channel said.

Al Jazeera said Lotfi al-Messaoudi, a Tunisian, Ahmed Vall Ould Addin, a Mauritanian, Ammar al-Hamdan, a Norwegian cameraman, and British national Kamel Atalua were arrested while "carrying out their duties" in western Libya.

A statement on the channel's website said that the Libyan authorities "will be held accountable for the safety, security and well-being of the team".

It added that "regional parties" were combining their efforts in a bid to secure the journalists' release, but did not elaborate.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/20/3168730.htm?section=world

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