Breaking: Four NYT Journalists Faced Days of Brutality

UPDATE (3/23/11, 10:18am): In a New York Times article, the four missing Times journalists - Anthony Shadid, Lynsey Addario, Stephen Farrell, and Tyler Hicks - bravely share what happened to them in the days they were held captive.

Read the full article from the New York Times.

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UPDATE (3/21/11, 8:52am): The Libyan government has released all four New York Times journalists into the courtesy of Turkish diplomats. They have since safely crossed into Tunisia.

Read the full article from The New York Times.

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UPDATE (3/18/11, 9:12am): Four New York Times journalists, including Anthony Shadid, who have been missing in Libya since Tuesday, were captured by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and will be released Friday (today), according to his son, Seif Islam el-Qaddafi.

After the Times lost contact with the journalists on Tuesday, the Libyan government pledged that, if they had been detained by government forces, they would be released unharmed.

Read the full article from The New York Times.

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(3/16/11, 4:52pm): According to The New York Times, four journalists, including two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid, were last in contact with their editors Tuesday morning from the town of Ajdabiya. Stephen Farrell, a reporter and videographer, and two photographers, Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario, are also missing.

In a statement, Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times said, "We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in Tripoli, and they tell us they are attempting to ascertain the whereabouts of our journalists." He also said the Libyan government had assured the paper that if the journalists have been captured, they would be released promptly and unharmed.

Read the full article from Reuters.

APB's thoughts go out to the missing journalists and their families at this difficult time, and we pray that they are soon safely located.