Tunis , Tunisia ( CNN ) -- Eman al-Obeidy , who garnered worldwide attention for her vocal rape allegations against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi , says she has fled Libya , fearing for her safety . Al-Obeidy told CNN that she crossed into Tunisia on Thursday with the help of a defecting military officer and his family . She said she had left Tripoli in a military car , wearing a head cover that hid everything except one eye . Al-Obeidy said she entered at the Dahibah border crossing disguised `` in the local manner '' and was not challenged . She described the trip from Tripoli as `` very tiring . '' Along the road to Tunisia , the car she was in was stopped several times at checkpoints , al-Obeidy said . The military officer would show his permit , and they would be allowed to continue , she said . Al-Obeidy said she crossed into Tunisia using a refugee document . European diplomats drove her from the border region to Tunis and are giving her sanctuary , there while she considers her future , according to Western diplomatic sources . She said she was afraid she was being followed and might still be in danger , adding that she hoped she could obtain protection from a Western government . `` I still do not know what I am going to do . Of course I 'd like to see my family , '' she said . Al-Obeidy 's mother learned about her daughter 's escape after seeing news reports on TV , her father told CNN from the family 's hometown of Tobruk , Libya . Atiq Al-Obeidy said that his wife then called him , and both parents were overjoyed . Atiq Al-Obeidy admitted he was `` not optimistic '' that his daughter would be able to safely leave Libya , thinking forces loyal to Gadhafi `` would do the worst to her , given his past . '' `` I am extremely delighted , and I will be looking forward to more information about how she was able to escape , '' the woman 's father said . Eman al-Obeidy received worldwide attention on March 26 when she burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli , while international journalists staying there were having breakfast . She told reporters she had been taken from a checkpoint east of Tripoli and held against her will for two days while being beaten and raped by 15 men . In an interview with CNN last month , she said she felt defeated and lived in fear that she would be punished gravely for her words . `` I usually get harassed when I have to show my Identification card to government officials somewhere , and they find out who I am and that I have put complaints forward against Gadhafi 's people , '' she said . `` They humiliate me to the point where other people gather around and start saying that it is shameful to treat a Libyan woman that way . '' The legal proceedings in her rape case have not gone far , she said last month . She also had not been able to go home . CNN 's Khalil Abdallah , Nic Robertson and Sara Sidner contributed to this report .
NEW : Saying he was n't optimistic she 'd escape , her father says he 's now `` delighted '' Eman al-Obeidy accused Libyan security forces of rape in March . She says she has fled to Tunisia with help from a defecting military officer . She is hoping for protection from a western government .