Protesters rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center / The Daily Star
Lebanon must immediately close a “disgraceful” retention center where refugees and migrants are held arbitrarily in appalling conditions, activists demanded Sunday.
Braving heavy rain, around 60 people demonstr…
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Lebanese rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center
March 1st, 2010
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Over 230 Foreigners Languish in Lebanese Prisons after Completing their Terms
February 27th, 2010
Yesterday, 14 Lebanese and international human rights organizations voiced their opposition to the continued detention of migrants and refugees in a letter to Lebanese Prime Minister, President and Ministers of Interior and Justice. Currently, over 230 foreigners including 13 refugees who have compl...
Come Protest the Illegal Detention of Migrants and Refugees in Beirut
February 25th, 2010
Next Sunday (February 28th), a protest will be held in front of the General Security Retention Center in Adlieh, Beirut to demand the closing down of the center. Among others, the retention center holds refugees and migrant workers in an illegal manner in inhumane conditions. Below is the press rele...
Lebanese General Security maintains arbitrary detention of Iraqi refugee against judge decision and MoI orders
January 18th, 2010
UPDATE: UNHCR has accepted to take Yousra to her own shelters after she refused, according to her lawyer, to go back to Caritas shelters, pending a permanent solution. Caritas is held a conference on Tuesday and issued a press release to voice its view point. The main question on the ‘legal st...
Lebanon’s Minister of Interior makes promises to improve migrant rights
December 3rd, 2009
Housemaids Lebanon Legislation Prison
On December 1st, Ziad Baroud, Lebanon’s Minister of Interior, informed the ambassadors of Philippine, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka that his ministry will be taking steps towards the protection of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. Such steps include moving the General Security prisons from Adlieh area...
Filipino woman jailed after being raped in Saudi Arabia
November 2nd, 2009
The Philipino Star reported today that a Filipino janitor has been detained in Hafer Al Baten Central Jail in Saudi Arabia for the last month for having an illicit relationship with a Bangladeshi co-worker. According to the 35-year-old woman, however, she did not have a relationship with the Banglad...
The Horrid Conditions of Nepalese Maids in Saudi Arabia
October 6th, 2009
Abusive employers Housemaids Prison Rape Saudi Arabia Slavery
The New Nation, a Bangladeshi papers, recently published a story about the conditions of Nepalese housemaids in the Gulf. The article features the stories of two women who worked in Saudi Arabia as maids. Because of reports of inhuman treatment of maids in the Gulf, in 1998 the Nepalese government i...
Filipino worker beaten/locked up for refusing to be a maid
October 26th, 2007
Abusive employers Prison Saudi Arabia
According to Arab News, a middle-aged Filipino woman was beaten up because she refused to be a maid/slave: Officials at the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah yesterday said Myrna Salvador was admitted to Dr. Baksh Hospital in the Mina district of the city after suffering a fractured spine and ...
Wedding proposal lands maid in jail
April 4th, 2007
Abusive employers Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Prison Women
A young housemaid has recently been arrested and sent to prison for asking permission to get married (a brief explanation is provided below, after the published news article.) From today’s GDN: A WEDDING proposal landed a teenage housemaid behind bars after she told her female employer she wa...
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