Couchsurfing International review: Victim of sexual assault on Couchsurfing has their profile on Couchsurfing.com removed.

To whom it may concern

I have been the victim of sexual assault while I was a guest on Couchsurfing.com.

A few hours later, I could not access my profile on Couchsurfing.com.

When I contacted Couchsurfing.com through email about not being able to access my profile, they sent a very curt message stating that my profile had been removed without providing a justification, stating that their decision was final.

I am flabbergasted by the response of Couchsurfing.com.

And I am appalled by the actions they decided to take, that, at the very least, amount to connivance with perpetrators of sexual assault.

I'm outraged by the actions of Couchsurfing.com, protecting people who perpetrate sexual assaults while at the same time punishing, silencing and cancelling the victims of sexual assault.

The fact that the company, Couchsurfing.com, deliberately chooses to encourage and promote those behaviours by protecting people who commit sexual assaults while at the same time it chooses to punish, silence and cancel victims is deeply unsettling.

It is akin to having a criminal committing a crime, then going to see a judge who then will sanction and punish the victim over and above that.

Criminal, judge, jury and executioner. All together, against the victim.

Not only is there a sense of impunity, but also of lingering injustice.