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Eman al-Obeidi’s Rape Accusations Against Gaddafi’s Regime

The Libyan government laims that Eman al-Obeidi, the woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel and tried to tell foreign journalists about being raped by Gaddafi's men, has been released. But al-Obeidi's parents say she's still being held in the dictator's compound and is being offered money to change her story. Eliza Griswold explains why the case may reveal brutal new war crimes against Libya's women.

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