LONDON: Three BBC journalists and a Swedish reporter were abducted in Libya and later released following diplomatic pressure from the British organization and the two governments, media reported on Monday. The reporters were kidnapped and interrogated in a torture cell for five days by intelligence agents shortly after their arrival in Libya in March. The BBC journalists — who remain unnamed — together with Kassem Hamade, a Swedish national working for the news outlet Expressen, arrived in Libya to make a documentary about Imam Musa Al-Sadr, who disappeared in 1978. A BBC spokesperson said: “A small team working for the BBC entered Libya in March of this year with full permission to gather material for a story. Libya has always denied any involvement in his disappearance, but authorities believe he was kidnapped and executed.

Source: Libya Today June 21, 2023 13:55 UTC