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Iman al-Obeidi (also spelled Eman al-Obeidy; (アラビア語:إيمان العبيدي) ; born circa 1982) is a former Libyan postgraduate law student who received worldwide media attention during the Libyan Civil War when she burst into the restaurant of the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told the international press corps there that Libyan troops had beaten and gang-raped her. Her public statement challenged both the Gaddafi government and the taboo against discussing sex crimes in Libya.〔Jacinto, Leela. ("Rape of Iman Al-Obaidi Is Rape of Libya by Qadhafi and his Thugs" ), Al-Jazeera, April 3, 2011. *For her postgraduate law studies, see ("Parents of Libyan woman who claimed rape tell TV she's held hostage at Gadhafi's compound" ), Associated Press, March 28, 2011.〕 Government security forces dragged her out of the hotel to an unknown destination, and attacked journalists who tried to help her. Government representatives claimed she was drunk, mentally ill, a prostitute, and a thief, and said she would be charged with slander.〔Clover, Charles. ("Lone, brave woman exposes truth of Libya" ), ''The Financial Times'', March 28, 2011.〕 ''The Washington Post'' described her as a "symbol of defiance against Gaddafi."〔Bahrampour, Tara and Sly, Liz. ("Libyan government offered money to appease Iman al-Obaidi, woman in rape-claim case, mother says" ), ''The Washington Post'', March 27, 2011.〕 She was released from government detention after three days, and was interviewed several times by Libya TV—an opposition satellite channel—and by CNN, during which she offered graphic details of her rape and subsequent detention by government officials.〔For the CNN interview, see Cooper, Anderson. ("Alleged Libyan rape victim speaks out" ), ''AC360'', CNN, April 4, 2011. *For background, see ("Alleged Libyan rape victim no longer in government custody" ), CNN, April 4, 2011. *For the Libya TV interview, see *That she was, in effect, under house arrest, see Kirkpatrick, David. ("After Rape Report in Libya, Woman Sees Benefit in Publicity" ), ''The New York Times'', April 4, 2011. *For CNN update, see ("Video: 'Please do not forget me,' says Al-Obeidy" ), CNN, April 11, 2011.〕 She fled Libya with a defecting military officer, who helped her cross into Tunisia, dressed in a Berber tribal costume to hide her identity. She was initially offered protection by European diplomats in Qatar〔Robertson, Nic. ("Alleged rape victim flees Libya" ), CNN, May 8, 2011. *Gilligan, Andrew. ("Libyan rape victim escapes to Tunisia with defecting military officer" ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', May 9, 2011.〕 and applied for refugee status there. After initially protecting her, in early June 2011 Qatar forcibly deported her back to Libya.〔("Alleged Libyan rape victim deported from Qatar back to Libya" ), CNN, June 2, 2011.〕 On June 4, 2011, she was granted asylum in the United States with the help of Hillary Clinton.〔(WebCite query result ); accessed June 24, 2015.〕 al-Obeidi eventually settled in Colorado under the name Eman Ali.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Libyan refugee arrested after failing to appear in court on Boulder case )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Libyan refugee Iman al-Obeidi convicted in Boulder assault case )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Libyan political refugee living in Boulder charged with assault arrested again )〕 However, she subsequently was charged with a number of violent offenses, including a February 2014 assault on two patrons at a downtown bar in Boulder, Colorado for which she was convicted in May 2015 of a Class 4 felony.〔 ==Background== Iman al-Obeidi was one of ten children born in Tobruk to Aisha and Atik al-Obeidi. Her father was a customs agent. Her mother told CNN that Iman had always wanted to be a journalist, but due to the lack of press freedom in Libya decided to study law instead.〔Sayah, Reza. ("Enraged mother stands by daughter, allegedly raped by Gadhafi's men" ), CNN, March 30, 2011.〕 She graduated in law from the Omar Al-Mukhtar University in Bayda, and had been living in Tripoli for the past year with her sister, Amal, either interning at a law firm or working in a tourism office, while pursuing postgraduate studies.〔That she was working in a tourism office, see *For more details from her family, see (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =Al Aan TV/Libyafeb17.com ) *For her graduation, and that she was interning in Tripoli, see Sotloff, Steven. ("The rape of Iman al-Obeidi: The Libyan regime's other crisis" ), ''Time Magazine'', March 29, 2011. *That she was working as a lawyer and pursuing postgraduate studies, see ("Parents of Libyan woman who claimed rape tell TV she's held hostage at Gadhafi's compound" ), Associated Press, March 28, 2011. *That she was living with her sister, and for information about the sister and brother-in-law, see 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iman al-Obeidi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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