Eman al-Obeidy, the Libyan woman who traveled from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi to Tripoli to report that she had been savagely raped by pro- Qaddafi troops, was apprehended by security forces Saturday when she forced her way into secured hotel housing Western journalists to tell her story to the world. But a Libyan government spokesman said Tuesday that the unidentified militia members Obeidy has accused have now filed a civil case against her.
“Oh, yeah, they have filed a case,” the spokesman, Musa Ibrahim said. “The boys who she accused of rape are bringing a case because it is a very grave offense to accuse someone of a sexual crime.”
Reporters have had no direct contact with Obeidy since she was forcibly removed from the Rixos Hotel and detained by police after a brawl between security personnel, hotel staff and foreign journalists broke out.