Tuesday, 29. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 1:05:00 PM CEST
Libyan Rape Claim Woman Now 'The Accused'
A Libyan woman who rushed into a Tripoli hotel in an attempt to tell foreign journalists her story of rape is now facing possible criminal charges herself, a government spokesman says.
"I heard that the attorney-general brought her in for questioning because she is now not just the accuser, she is the accused. There is a case against her," Moussa Ibrahim told journalist in Tripoli.
A visibly distressed Ms al Obeidi had gone to the Tripoli hotel, where the media is based, shouting that she had been raped and tortured over two days after being picked up at a checkpoint in the capital.
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