Lebanese Forces bloc MP
Strida Geagea on Wednesday voiced her support for the case of the Iraqi child,
a refugee in Lebanon identified as Fadi, who was allegedly raped by a taxi
driver.
In an interview with MTV
television, Geagea said that she was ready to support the case of 13-year-old
Fadi.
“I want to say in this
interview that I stand by him… and I am prepared to follow up on this case
until the end.”
She added that the case was
a “humanitarian” issue and that it was not acceptable “in 2012, in Lebanon,”
for children to be “the victims of such crimes.”
Geagea also said that, as
an MP, she was concerned with the case and warned that such crimes might spread
to affect other children regardless of their nationalities.
“As a member of the
Lebanese parliament, I find myself concerned with the case of the Iraqi child
Fadi… and I would have been concerned with it had it affected any Lebanese
child,” the MP said adding that “a Lebanese ‘Fadi’, or a Lebanese ‘Ali’ or
‘Mohammad’” could also fall victims to similar crimes.
The Iraqi child was
allegedly raped in Lebanon by a stranger, posing as a taxi driver, who abused
the child who was on his way home after work.
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