BBC news team abducted in Libya

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Three members of a BBC Arabic team were arrested, blindfolded, handcuffed and beaten by Libyan government forces while reporting on the conflict there. Now released, journalist Feras Killani and cameraman Goktay Koraltan describe their experience.

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