Wednesday, March 9, 2011

BBC Team beat up by Gaddafi forces

BBC Team detained and beat up by Gaddafi security forces

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Admin
This post is being constantly updated
All times are in Libyan local time GMT +2
00:38 BBC Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s security forces detained and beat up a BBC news team who were trying to reach the strife-torn western city of Zawiya.
The trio were beaten with fists, knees and rifles, hooded and subjected to mock executions by members of Libya’s army and secret police.
The three men were held for 21 hours, but have now flown out of Libya following their detention on Monday.
23:26 Iyad El Baghdadi has updated his excellent maps which detail where the revolution has reached so far. We present them to you and thank Iyad for his amazing efforts!
23:17 @ShababLibya have just given more info on the broadcasting frequency of the Interim Council’s new satellite channel. They tweeted: The Free Libyan channel from Benghazi Libya Alhurra will broadcast on Nilesat Freq 11334 – H S/R 27500
23:00 Azmi Bshara on Al Jazeera what is very strange in the Libyan scene is that there is an armed family! There is no organised army, there is only an the armed family of Gaddafi.
22:39 European Parliament urges the recognising of the Libyan Transitional Council as legitimate. There is currently no consensus amongst all the EU countries to recongise the council’s legitimacy.
22:35 The White House issues a statement saying that the UN resolution is sufficiently flexible to allow the arming of the revolutionaries in Libya if the necessity arose.
22:15 Al Jazeera reports that Libya’s oil production has dropped by 70%
21:55 @ChangeInLibya tweets: Confirmation from Zawia. Centre under control, troops pushed 2-5km out. They captured dozens of mercenaries and killed more
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