Pakistani activists raped in Libya: Deputy PM
The two women of Pakistani origin “were brutally raped in front of their father”.
The two women, who were raped, were of Pakistani origin. PHOTO: FILE
TRIPOLI:
Two British activists with a humanitarian convoy destined for the Gaza Strip were subjected to a brutal gang rape by five men in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, the deputy prime minister said Thursday.
The two women of Pakistani origin “were brutally raped in front of their father,” Awadh al Barassi said on his Facebook page, condemning “a horrible act.”
Barassi said he had been to see the two victims in Benghazi on Thursday, and that the family was “in a very bad psychological state.”
The women, accompanied by their father on the convoy organised by a Turkish NGO had been destined for the Palestinian coastal enclave when it was blocked from leaving Libya and entering Egypt.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2013.
Two British activists with a humanitarian convoy destined for the Gaza Strip were subjected to a brutal gang rape by five men in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, the deputy prime minister said Thursday.
The two women of Pakistani origin “were brutally raped in front of their father,” Awadh al Barassi said on his Facebook page, condemning “a horrible act.”
Barassi said he had been to see the two victims in Benghazi on Thursday, and that the family was “in a very bad psychological state.”
The women, accompanied by their father on the convoy organised by a Turkish NGO had been destined for the Palestinian coastal enclave when it was blocked from leaving Libya and entering Egypt.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2013.