Jomaa al-Osta Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Alassema TV’s Tripoli office attacked, journalists abducted or unaccounted for

August 26, 2014 12:03 PM EDT

New York, August 26, 2014–The Tripoli offices of Libya’s privately owned station Alassema TV was raided and set on fire by Islamist groups on Sunday, the station reported. Several journalists are unaccounted for, the station said, and the Libyan Center for Press Freedom and Libya International Channel reported that Alaseema staff members had been abducted.

Libya’s Alassema TV suffers several attacks; journalists abducted

August 5, 2014 4:24 PM EDT

New York, August 5, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a recent series of attacks on privately owned Alassema TV in Libya, including the abduction on Friday of three journalists who are still missing.

Gunmen attack Libyan TV station, abduct journalists

March 8, 2013 4:49 PM EST

New York, March 8, 2013–Gunmen stormed the offices of a television station in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday amid a protest outside the station’s studios, according to news reports. The gunmen abducted at least five journalists and media workers, the reports said, although all were released within 24 hours.