<p>The four were being detained near the oil town of Brega, according to information received from HRW personnel in the zone, said spokesman Peter Bouckaert.<br /><br />The journalists were travelling in a car when an artillery blast forced them to stop. At that point, the Gaddafi loyalists detained them and took them away in two vehicles, he said.<br /><br />The HRW had gotten in contact with representatives of the Gaddafi government in an attempt to get the journalists released.<br /><br />Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said that when the government learned of the Spanish journalist's disappearance it began working to determine his whereabouts.<br /><br />The government has been in contact with the European Union so that it could work to help get the matter resolved.</p>
<p>The four were being detained near the oil town of Brega, according to information received from HRW personnel in the zone, said spokesman Peter Bouckaert.<br /><br />The journalists were travelling in a car when an artillery blast forced them to stop. At that point, the Gaddafi loyalists detained them and took them away in two vehicles, he said.<br /><br />The HRW had gotten in contact with representatives of the Gaddafi government in an attempt to get the journalists released.<br /><br />Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said that when the government learned of the Spanish journalist's disappearance it began working to determine his whereabouts.<br /><br />The government has been in contact with the European Union so that it could work to help get the matter resolved.</p>