Woman at centre of rape case leaves Libya-UNHCR
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:15am GMT
* UNHCR declines to reveal her current location
* Obaidi was deported by Qatar last week to her homeland
GENEVA, June 7 (Reuters) - A Libyan woman who said she was gang raped by pro-government militiamen has left her homeland again, after being deported to there by Qatar last week, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Eman Al-Obaidi spent nearly a month in Qatar before authorities there forced her and her parents to board a flight last week to rebel-held Benghazi, in violation of international law, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
"She has been moved out of Libya to a safer place," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing, declining to reveal her current whereabouts. "The degree to which she wants to speak about her experience has to be in her hands."
In March Obaidi burst into a Tripoli hotel and, weeping, made a plea for help to journalists there, saying that she had been held for two days and raped by 15 militiamen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. [ID:nLDE7521WZ] (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Greg Mahlich)
Woman at centre of rape case leaves Libya-UNHCR
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:15am GMT
* UNHCR declines to reveal her current location
* Obaidi was deported by Qatar last week to her homeland
GENEVA, June 7 (Reuters) - A Libyan woman who said she was gang raped by pro-government militiamen has left her homeland again, after being deported to there by Qatar last week, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Eman Al-Obaidi spent nearly a month in Qatar before authorities there forced her and her parents to board a flight last week to rebel-held Benghazi, in violation of international law, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
"She has been moved out of Libya to a safer place," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing, declining to reveal her current whereabouts. "The degree to which she wants to speak about her experience has to be in her hands."
In March Obaidi burst into a Tripoli hotel and, weeping, made a plea for help to journalists there, saying that she had been held for two days and raped by 15 militiamen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. [ID:nLDE7521WZ] (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Greg Mahlich)