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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: 2011 Libyan civil war, Iman al-Obeidi, Casualties of the 2011 Libyan civil war. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Iman al-Obeidi (also written Eman al-Obeidy; Arabic: إيمان العبيدي, Arabic pronunciation: , born c. 1982) is a Libyan postgraduate law student. She first received worldwide media attention during the 2011 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. Government security forces dragged her out of the hotel to an unknown destination, and attacked journalists who tried to help her. Government representatives falsely claimed she was drunk, mentally ill, a prostitute, and a thief, and said she would be charged with slander. The Washington Post described her as a "symbol of defiance against Gaddafi." 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. 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 from European diplomats in Qatar and applied for refugee status there. After initially protecting her, Qatar soon forcibly deported her back to Libya. On June 4, she was granted asylum in the United States with the help of Hillary Clinton. Iman al-Obeidi was born one of ten siblings in Tobruk to Aisha and Atik al-Obeidi, the latter now a retired customs agent. Her mother told CNN al-Obeidi had always wanted to be a journalist, but because of the lack of ...