UN Rights Chief Denounces Violence Against Journalists by Libyan Security Forces

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 March 2011 – The top United Nations human rights official today condemned the detention and possible torture of three journalists working for the British Broadcasting Corporation by Libyan security forces, stressing that the media must be allowed access to report what is happening inside the country.

The three were trying to cover the situation in the western city of Zawiya when they were detained and reportedly beaten and subjected to mock executions by…