"Protests in Benghazi over Libyan woman's rape and detention in Tripoli". UTV. March 27, 2011. A number of Twitter hashtags associated with her story have also appeared, including #WhereisEmanAlObeidi and #Emanalobeidi and there is a sizeable entry on Wikipedia about Obeidi, giving chapter and verse on her dramatic appearance at Tripoli's smart Rixos Al Nasr hotel.
Jesus Hidalgo (March 27, 2011). "Eman al-Obaidi - Es un montaje, es una mentira - Clara y burda manipulacion sobre Libia (Spanish) (English: Eman al-Obaidi - An assembly is a lie - Clara and rough handling on Libya.)". kaosenlared.net. Nada menos que uno de los periódicos más importantes del mundo, el New York Times, miente descaradamente y se contradice con la información objetiva de este montaje. Según aparece en Wikipedia: "Después de entrar en el hotel y la búsqueda de periodistas extranjeros en el hotel restaurante, Obeidi mostró sus heridas, que el New York Times describe como "una herida amplia en su rostro... (English: No less than one of the world's leading newspapers, The New York Times lies blatantly and contradicts with the objective information of this setup. As seen in Wikipedia: "After entering the hotel and the search for foreign journalists in the hotel restaurant, Obeidi showed his wounds, which the New York Times describes as" a large wound on his face ... [...]" This is the link http://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=Google&lang=en&q=Eman_al-Obaidi){{cite news}}: External link in |quote= (help)
William Belle (April 1, 2011). "Defections in the Libyan Regime". Oye! Times. After entering the hotel and finding foreign journalists in the restaurant, al-Obeidi showed her injuries, which The New York Times described as "a broad bruise on her face, a large scar on her upper thigh, several narrow and deep scratch marks lower on her leg, and marks that seemed to come from binding around her hands and feet." Speaking in English, al-Obeidi said that she had been stopped at a checkpoint near Tripoli when she was in a car with her brother-in-law. When the security learned by her accent of her eastern Libyan background, she was ordered to produce her identity card, and detained her when they understood that she was from Tobruk and lived in Benghazi, both anti-Gaddafi forces' strongholds, and kept her in custody for two days. She went on to say that she had been tied up, urinated and defecated on, and raped by 15 men, with some of them videotaping the humiliation. She also pleaded for friends still held captive. Al-Obeidi said that local residents near her place of detention had helped her to escape. Al-Obeidi's actions began what has been described variously as a wild scuffle, a brawl, and a melee, as government supporters tried to silence her. Government minders and security forces pushed aside intervening reporters, punched Jonathan Miller of Channel 4 for coming to the woman's defense, damaged a CNN camera, threatened the Sky News team with a gun, and wrestled and kicked Charles Clover of the The Financial Times in a struggle for his recording device. Waiters and other members of the hotel staff revealed themselves to be members of government security; they accused al-Obeidi of being a "traitor to Gaddafi", and two women grabbed table knives to threaten both her and the journalists, and one of them threw a blanket over al-Obeidi's head trying to muffle her. A Reuter's reporter was the only journalist who was able to speak with her; the rest of her statements were captured by cameras. Al-Obeidi was finally subdued, dragged out of the hotel and driven in an unmarked car to an unknown location. The incident provided reporters with a firsthand account of the methods of Muammar Gaddafi's government and further strained relationships between the international media and Libyan authorities over the government's tight control of the foreign reporters and their access to Libyan civilians for independent information.
A fact from Iman al-Obeidi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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