The Arabic news channel Al—Jazeera says one of the network’s four reporters who were captured in Libya last month by pro—Qadhafi forces has been released. Three others remain held.
In a statement emailed to the AP on Monday, Al—Jazeera says the journalist who has been released is Lotfi al—Massoudi of Tunisia. The four journalists from the Qatar—based network were captured in the western Libya 27 days ago, the statement says.
The three who are still being held in Libya are Ahmed Vall Ouldeddin of Mauritania, Ammar al—Hamdan of Norway and Kamel al—Tallou of Britain.
While the network staff were “glad to see an end to the ordeal” of Mr. al—Massoudi, the statement called for an “immediate release” of his three colleagues.
