Syrian media recently reported that an Ethiopian maid was found dead in the city of Jableh. She hung herself with a towel from a balcony.
There was no proper investigation into this case. The employer was not questioned by the police to ensure that his treatment of the maid didn’t trigger her suicide.
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October 2, 2009
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October 22, 2009
I have a similar story about my cousin who went to Beirut to work as a maid in 2006. One day her employer allowed her to call and she made a call to Ethiopia and told us that “she will fly back the next day, unless she is dead”. The next day the employer called and said she has passed away. All was tried to get information from Beirut, but the documents they sent, of course, states that it was a suicide. There was a definite foul play but to our heart break we couldn’t do anything at all and had to accept her coffin for burrial in Ethiopia. I hope responsible bodies could fight harder to stop such brutal and in human actions in the middle east.