By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
BBC - Honduras - CIA Trial Book - NY Mag
SDNY / UN GATE, August 25 – After a UN Ambassador from South Sudan raped a woman in upper Manhattan then was released, citing his UN diplomatic immunity, Inner City Press at noon on August 23 asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming for
"UN comment on South Sudan dip evading rape charge (mis)using diplomatic immunity? He followed victim into her Manhattan apartment about noon, and then raped her twice. #NoonBriefing."
Two days later, no answer at all. Other media asked the South Sudan Mission (Inner City Press published a list of its UN Ambassador here, including the rapist Charles Dickens Imene Oliha) and even the US State Department, which rarely stands up to the UN's impunity, including its banning of Inner City Press.
On August 24, the US State Department dodged or bought time. On August 25, Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, while taking two separate questions from Voice of America, refused to take this Press question, about what the State Department is in fact doing to attempt to ensure that this rapist diplomat doesn't just leave the US.
(Also, no one asked nor was the Press questions taken about UN Bachelet punting on Xinjiang - but that's another story).
Again, this is on Antonio Guterres, who has covered up dozens of rapes, and bans the Press that asks about it.
He is inviting many more rapists to New York City in September for the UN General Assembly week; his head of communication or propaganda Melissa Fleming has not answered a letter from pro bono law firm Quinn Emanuel seeking re-admission of Inner City Press to cover it, and this. Watch this site.
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