| UN Staffer Drugged 19
in Iraq & US but
Guterres Kept Paying Him
while Victim 2 Says UN Knew
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 26 –
UN former
staff member
Karim Elkorany
was arrested
then freed on
$500,000 bond
on September
2, 2020 in
connection
with drugging
and raping
women in Iraq
while working
for the UN in
2016, then
allegedly
lying to the
FBI about it
in 2017.
A
superseding indictment
belatedly unsealed on October
29, 2020 said Elkorany raped a
UN contractor, in the US and
Dohuk, Iraq. And still the UN
did nothing.
On May 24, 2022
Elkorany pleaded guilty. He
raped while employed by the UN
- AND THE UN DID NOTHING. In
fact, the UN helped him flee
and do it again.
Victims have put
in letters for sentencing and
Inner City Press, banned from
entering the UN due to its
accountability coverage, has
emailed UN Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric, Melissa Fleming,
Antonio Guterres and others
each day, on each letter, for
comment and what the UN ever
did. Nothing.
Here is Victim 2:
"My name is . I worked in the
humanitarian aid and
development sector in and
before accepting a job with in
Iraq. When I came to Iraq, I
was in love and that
relationship changed what I
envisioned for my life. I was
happy. Although far from home,
I had a lifeline to supportive
loved ones and was able to
pursue my career in good
health. I would lose all these
things after meeting Karim. In
2014, I met Karim in Erbil. He
said the Iraq office was
hiring, and they offered me a
consultancy. Gregarious and
charismatic, Karim waxed
lyrical about the privilege
and prestige of working for
the UN over dinner, or drinks,
or cups of tea. I felt proud
to work for the U.N. It was
there that Karim began to drug
and assault me. This would
often happen over an evening
cup of Chamomile tea. Because
I was drugged, I couldn’t hold
the memory in my head long
enough to process it, let
alone talk about it. I was
confused and ashamed. Soon, I
would find myself utterly
isolated due to what I now
recognize as a systematic
effort to cut me off from my
entire support network. My
immediate supervisor was a man
named Jeffrey Bates, but he
was rarely in the office. His
absence left Karim
unsupervised, unaccountable,
and in charge of section. His
position offered him an
enormous amount of influence
and numerous opportunities to
supervise me directly and, as
a result, chances to sexually
assault me. Normal requests
quickly became an exercise in
control, authority, and
humiliation. “You can’t make
that call home, I’m calling a
meeting.” “I need to know
where you are at all times,
it’s a security issue.” “You
can’t leave this room until I
say you’re done with work.”
Other UN staff knew about
Karim. Before I ever set foot
in Iraq, someone warned me to
watch out for him. The first
day that I arrived on the UN
Compound, someone approached
me and said: “The moment I saw
you, I knew who hired
you.” Full 9 page letter
on Inner City Press'
DocumentCloud here
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