Journalist released from prison in Libya
The journalist from the British newspaper *The Guardian* was released by Libyan authorities about two weeks after his arrest. The correspondent had been detained along with Brazilian journalist Andrei Netto. The reporter from the Brazilian newspaper *Estado de São Paulo* had already been released a few days earlier.
The Iraqi Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is safe outside Libya. This was announced by the newspaper in London on Wednesday evening. Behind the scenes, hard battles had been fought for his release.
Last week, it became known that a team from the British broadcaster BBC had been mistreated by soldiers of Libyan ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi. Three reporters were arrested and later tortured while trying to reach the embattled town of Al-Sawija in the west of the country.
