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The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Diplomat arrested over alleged rape released due to immunity

A New York police department car outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April 2021.
A New York police department car outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April 2021. Photograph: John Lamparski/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

A diplomat to the UN has evaded a rape charge in New York City because of diplomatic immunity.

Despite facing accusations that he raped a neighbor, Charles Oliha, a 46-year-old South Sudan diplomat accredited to the UN, was reportedly released by the New York police department (NYPD) on the grounds of diplomatic immunity, the agency’s intelligence bureau confirmed to the New York Daily News.

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