Politics
Libyan woman who claimed rape arrives in Romania
Updated: 2011-06-07 16:37
(Agencies)
TIMISOARA - The UN refugee agency says a Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has arrived in Romania.
UNHCR spokeswoman Claudia Liute said Tuesday that Iman al-Obeidi arrived in Romania alone on a flight from Italy late Sunday. Liute says the 29-year-old is staying in a refugee transit center in the western Romanian city of Timisoara where she can remain for up to six months.
Liute says she cannot provide more details.
Al-Obeidi's sister has said she was on her way to the United States.
Al-Obeidi made headlines in March when she rushed distraught into Tripoli's Rixos Hotel, seeking to speak to foreign reporters and saying she was detained by a number of Gadhafi troops at a Tripoli checkpoint and raped.
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