Boston-based Global Post said it believes the four include its own correspondent James Foley and Clare Morgana Gillis.
FILE - This undated file still image from video released April 7, 2011, by GlobalPost, shows James Foley of Rochester, N.H., a freelance contributor for GlobalPost, in Benghazi, Libya. Foley has been allowed to make his first call to his mother since he was detained early this month by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. GlobalPost says Foley told his mother Saturday, April 23, 2011, at her home in Rochester, N.H., that he was fine, that he felt strong, was not injured and was being treated well. He told her he was in a Tripoli detention center. BOSTON (AP) — The Boston-based employer of one of two American journalists being detained by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says four international journalists could soon be freed.
A Libyan government spokesman said Monday the reporters are expected to appear before a judge in an administrative court on Tuesday.
The spokesman said he did not believe the four would face a jail term. He said they were likely to be fined then released.
He did not reveal names, but Boston-based Global Post said it believes the four include its own correspondent James Foley and Clare Morgana Gillis, a freelance journalist who wrote for The Atlantic and USA Today. Both have been in captivity since April 5.
Foley's family is from Rochester, N.H. Gillis' parents live in New Haven, Conn.