A Libyan woman who claims she was raped for five years by former leader Muammar Qaddafi says she is still haunted by memories of sexual assault and captivity. (File photo)
By Amal al-Hilali
Muammar Qaddafi might have physically disappeared but his specter will apparently keep haunting a lot of Libyans for some time to come. One such person is Safiya, a woman who alleges that the former Libyan leader had been raping her for five whole years and who has finally decided to tell her story.
“Qaddafi destroyed my life.” That is how Safiya, who is not yet 22, began her story as told to Le Monde correspondent in Tripoli.
“I wish he were not dead so he could be tried for all the crimes he committed in cold blood against Libyan women.”
Safiya felt a mixture of happiness and bitterness at the sight of Qaddafi’s lifeless body in a fridge in Misrata; she was happy he was gone yet bitter because there were many questions she wanted to ask him.
“I wanted to ask him why he did all that to me, why he took me from my parents, why he violated my honor and destroyed my youth.”
By Amal al-Hilali
Al Arabiya Dubai
Muammar Qaddafi might have physically disappeared but his specter will apparently keep haunting a lot of Libyans for some time to come. One such person is Safiya, a woman who alleges that the former Libyan leader had been raping her for five whole years and who has finally decided to tell her story.
“Qaddafi destroyed my life.” That is how Safiya, who is not yet 22, began her story as told to Le Monde correspondent in Tripoli.
“I wish he were not dead so he could be tried for all the crimes he committed in cold blood against Libyan women.”
Safiya felt a mixture of happiness and bitterness at the sight of Qaddafi’s lifeless body in a fridge in Misrata; she was happy he was gone yet bitter because there were many questions she wanted to ask him.
“I wanted to ask him why he did all that to me, why he took me from my parents, why he violated my honor and destroyed my youth.”
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