UN diplomat accused of NYC rape freed over diplomatic immunity, cops say – IOTW Report

UN diplomat accused of NYC rape freed over diplomatic immunity, cops say

American Military News: A South Sudanese diplomat to the United Nations was accused of raping his Manhattan neighbor but was released from police custody without charges due to his diplomatic immunity, according to a police report this week.

Charles Dickens Imene Oliha, of the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, allegedly forced his way into a neighboring woman’s apartment around noon on Sunday and raped her, according to an NYPD report obtained by The New York Post on Monday. Police then took Oliha into custody for questioning.

Once Oliha told detectives from the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit that he was a diplomat, the report said authorities determined he had diplomatic immunity and released him without charging him.

Diplomatic immunity is a concept of international relations that holds that certain government officials will not be subject to the jurisdiction of local courts for their official and often personal activities in another country. The U.S. provides varying degrees of diplomatic immunities to foreign diplomats, their families and diplomatic staff.

A U.S. State Department spokesperson told American Military News, “We are aware of the incident referenced involving a diplomat accredited to the United Nations. more

17 Comments on UN diplomat accused of NYC rape freed over diplomatic immunity, cops say

  1. I remember when a diplomat from Georgia killed an American whle driving drunk in NY I believe. The authorities could not charge him due to his dipolmatic status but Georgia Presiden Shevardnadze waived that privlige and the former diplomat was arrested and charged.

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  2. If it was me or someone I loved that he raped, I would pay somebody to make sure I got justice if I couldn’t mete it out myself due to his “diplomatic immunity”.

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