Libyan rape victim released, officials say

Finally some good news if true..

I hope her story is heard and she gets the help and support she desperately need.

I feel for these people who are out there on the streets, they are essentially throwing their bodies in front of tanks like the one man did in Tienanmen square, only difference is that was one man and no one came in to help those people many were killed and not much gained.

Libyan officials claim that Eman al-Obeidy has been released. Al-Obeidy burst into a Tripoli hotel full of foreign journalists Saturday and told the story of her two-day torture and gang rape at the hands of 15 pro-Gaddafi militia men, then she was dragged away by security and thrown into an unmarked car. Officials now say that she has been released, though there is no proof.
Al-Obeidy has not been seen or interviewed since the incident, and her family reports that government officials have contacted them and offered money for her to recant her claims.

they actually think money will shut her up? I hope she comes out of this alive. I will keep an eye out for more on this.

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I just read they haven't released her and are charging her with slander. Unfortunately, I don't see a good outcome for her.

www.cnn.com...

www.cbsnews.com...

(CBS/AP) TRIPOLI, Libya - A Libyan government spokesman says the woman who burst into a hotel to tell foreign journalists how she was gang raped by Muammar Qaddafi's troops will face criminal charges.

Libyan authorities have alternately labeled al-Obeidi a drunk, a prostitute and a thief.

I also saw the above on the news this morning. It doesn`t look good for her at all.....

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thanks for that link this is exactly what i was affraid of

"Yesterday, late at night at 3 a.m., they called me from Bab al Aziziya," Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli, al-Obeidy's mother told Al-Jazeera television Monday.

"And they told me: Make your daughter Eman change her statement ... and we will release her immediately and whatever you ask for you will get, whether money, or a new apartment, or guaranteeing financial security for you and your children. But just tell Eman to change her statement."