4 Reporters Freed in Libya

Global Post reports that Libyan authorities today released four foreign journalists who had been held for more than six weeks to a hotel in Tripoli.

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi first captured GlobalPost correspondent James Foley, Clare Morgana Gillis, who has written for The Atlantic and USA Today, and Manuel Varela, a Spanish photographer who works under the name Manu Brabo, on April 5.

The fourth reporter appears to be Nigel Chandler, a British freelance journalist. It is unclear when, and under what circumstances, authorities first detained him.

Speaking to GlobalPost by phone from the Rixos Hotel, Foley said he was relieved and grateful for all the help that had been given to him and the other journalists during their more than six weeks of detention.

“I am overwhelmed to hear about all the support,” he said.

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