For months, the Rixos Al Nasr Hotel in downtown Tripoli has been a kind of luxurious detention center for journalists covering the Libyan uprising. The reporters called it the Hotel California ? a place where you could check out anytime you liked, but never without a government minder or spies watching your every movement.
On Sunday and Monday, the $500-a-night hotel became a terrifying prison.
With power out and rebels pouring into the city, about three dozen journalists remained inside the hotel, trapped by armed men loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. The journalists lit candles, donned body armor and waited, unable to venture out to report on the story they were there to cover: the fight for the Libyan capital.
Read full article >>
Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1d683c17f6be3cd29fa2c10ff7d1b710
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire