London. .- The British journalist for The Guardian detained for fifteen days by the Libyan authorities have been released, said today the newspaper in their own digital version. The reporter said, Gaith Abdul-Ahad and his colleague Andrei Netto correspondent Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo, were caught in the coastal city of Sabratha on 2 March and later transferred to a prison located on the outskirts of Tripoli .
Although Netto was released a week ago, the Libyan authorities are holding Abdul-Ahad despite daily protests and human rights organization Amnesty International. The editor, Alan Rusbridger, said today that journalists are out of Libya in a "safe." "We are grateful to all those who have worked to help in his release after this ordeal," said Rusbridger.
Abdul-Ahad, who came into Libya from Tunisia and who worked in the North African country for two weeks, got in touch with the British newspaper last day of his capture. The journalist, an Iraqi citizen, works as a correspondent for The Guardian since 2004, for which he uncovered information from Somalia, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Although Netto was released a week ago, the Libyan authorities are holding Abdul-Ahad despite daily protests and human rights organization Amnesty International. The editor, Alan Rusbridger, said today that journalists are out of Libya in a "safe." "We are grateful to all those who have worked to help in his release after this ordeal," said Rusbridger.
Abdul-Ahad, who came into Libya from Tunisia and who worked in the North African country for two weeks, got in touch with the British newspaper last day of his capture. The journalist, an Iraqi citizen, works as a correspondent for The Guardian since 2004, for which he uncovered information from Somalia, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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