| UN Staffer Got 15 Years For
Raping 13 Women Now USUN 2 Weeks
Late Ignores UN Ban
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 8 – Into a courthouse
periodically enflamed by sex
abuse scandal cases, from
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine
Maxwell to the quieter
echo of Kevin
Spacey, UN rapist Karim
Elkorany came in quietly,
indicted and quickly released
on bond.
On October
27, 2022, after a soft plea
deal and the testimony of
victims including about how
Elkorany while a UN
"Communications Specialist"
drugged and raped them,
including in the US, Elkorany
was sentenced to 15 years in
prison.
Inner City Press
live tweeted it, here
- and immediately sought
comment, again, from the UN
and its spokespeople Stephane
Dujarric and Melissa Fleming.
None has been received, two
weeks later.
And two weeks
late, the US Mission to the
UN: "FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE November
8,
2022
Statement by Ambassador Chris
Lu, U.S. Representative for UN
Management and Reform,
Following the Sentencing of
Karim
Elkorany
On October 27, 2022, the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
sentenced Karim Elkorany, a
former United Nations
employee, to 15 years in
prison for the drugging and
sexual assault of one victim
and making false statements to
cover up another sexual
assault. As part of the
federal investigation, Mr.
Elkorany admitted that he had
drugged and/or sexually
assaulted 17 additional
victims between 2002 and 2016.
Mr. Elkorany was also employed
by a State Department
contractor in 2012 and by a
State Department grantee in
2010-2011.... We
also call on the United
Nations to undertake a similar
review that includes a
comprehensive examination of
the handling of any sexual
exploitation and abuse or
sexual harassment (SEAH)
allegations against Mr.
Elkorany during his employment
with the United Nations. The
investigation should examine
whether officials were aware
of Mr. Elkorany’s misconduct
and failed to take appropriate
action, including ensuring the
availability and accessibility
of assistance to survivors."
But USUN
has done nothing about the UN
banning Inner City Press,
which covers and asked the UN
about this case, including
what Antonio Guterres knew and
when. What will USUN do? Watch
this site.
As we reported on
October 29, the wider US State
Department, where Elkorany was
working during at least one of
his rapes, has issued an empty
policy
statement, including a
claim Antony Blinken and Linda
Thomas - Greenfield do nothing
on: "The United States expects
the leadership of the United
Nations and other
International Organizations to
take meaningful action to
support accountability and
transparency through, among
others, the following: the
conduct of timely and
survivor-centered
investigations; response
efforts driven by the needs,
experiences, and resiliencies
of those most at risk of SEAH;
clear reporting and response
systems, including to inform
Member States of allegations
or incidents; and
accountability measures,
including termination of
employment or involvement of
law enforcement, as needed" -
this while Guterres covers up
rapes, refuses Press question
and in fact bans the Press
that asks. The State
Department is lying, including
to itself.
Any
objective review of the case -
at least 13 forcible rapes
after drugging - make it clear
it deserved more attention.
Was it the
victims, aid workers in far
away Iraq?
Or that the
perpetrator was himself
ostensibly an aid worker, or
Communications Specialist, for
the United Nations under
Melissa
Fleming?
Fleming, who had
been Elkorany's boss, refused
repeatedly to answer email
questions about the case, as
did UN Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric. They banned the
questioner, and refused to
answer even a letter
from pro bono law firm Quinn
Emanuel.
Like
Elkorany, who flashed his blue
UN - and US -- passports to
get security to allow his to
keep raping, they had
immunity. That Elkorany,
allowed to return to the US by
UNSG Antonio Guterres, raped
Victim 2 here too made no
difference to
them.
Despite the
graphic description of
penetration and surgeries, the
text messages with a big-name
journalist / UN Correspondent
bragging about grinding up
Zanax and causing pain, little
was done. Outside of Inner
City Press, and musing pieces
involving Kurt Wheelock, there
was little coverage.
A plea deal to a
mere 33 months, when Maxwell
got 20 years, and R.Kelly 30
years.
What went wrong?
More on Patreon here.
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