2 missing journalists turn out to have been detained by Libya

New York (CNN) -- The whereabouts of two journalists who disappeared this month while covering the war in Libya were revealed Friday and both appear to be healthy and in custody of the government, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Anton Hammerl, a freelance South African photographer detained early this month, is being held by the Libyan government, the New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization said in a statement.
The international news website Global Post told CPJ that Libyan authorities told the South African government that he was well and soon would be allowed to speak with his family.
And Clare Morgana Gillis, a U.S. freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlantic and USA Today, called home Thursday for the first time since she was captured April 5 near al-Brega, CPJ reported.
She told her parents she is well and is being held in a women's civilian jail in Tripoli, according to Global Post.
CPJ expressed continuing concern over other journalists whose fate remains unclear.
"We are relieved to hear that Anton Hammerl and Clare Morgana Gillis are well but remain concerned about the other 15 journalists and media workers who are missing or remain in government custody," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. "We urge the Libyan authorities to immediately release all detained journalists."
Human Rights Watch has also called on the Libyan government to provide information about the 15 journalists it believes are being detained inside the country.
CPJ said it has not been able to determine what happened to U.S. photographer Scott Foley and Spanish photographer Manuel Varela, who were picked up with Gillis.

Since violence erupted in Libya in February, CPJ has tallied more than 80 attacks on members of the news media, including four deaths and 49 detentions.