BBC: Staff subjected to mock execution in Libya
Three British Broadcasting Corp. staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster said Wednesday.
Liliane Landor, an executive at BBC Global News, said the organization would continue to cover the conflict in Libya, despite the attack on its staff. "The BBC strongly condemns this abusive treatment of our journalists and calls on the Libyan government to ensure all media are able to report freely and are protected from persecution," she said. (AP)
