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...
Lebanon: “The rights of 90% of maids are violated”
February 24th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Suicide Working conditions
Lebanese television NBN aired a 22-minute interview, on the evening of Monday 22 February 2010, with Dr. Ahmad Ayash, head of a psycho-social studies center, and Mr. John Cassabli, owner of a business which bring maids to Lebanon. The latter acknowledged the detrimental role of many businesses in th...
Lebanon: “Falling” Ethiopian dies in Shoueifat
February 17th, 2010
Al-Akhbar newspaper reported today the “fall” of Ethiopian national Ambet Spuka, born in 1987, from the 4th floor of her employer’s house, Hanan S, in Shoueifat, South of Beirut. Ambet died before arriving to hospital. In addition, we note that no follow up coverage whatsoever was...
Lebanese Ministry of Labor to create a complaints office for foreign workers
February 4th, 2010
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar newspaper reported today the following. Following meetings between Lebanese minister of Labor and ambassadors and consuls and chargés d’affaires of several countries, a committee will be formed to address the problems of foreign workers in Lebanon, and of migrant ...
Abused Migrant Women in Lebanon Fight Back
January 29th, 2010
Housemaids Lebanon Legal cases Women
Migrant Rights has extensively covered the abuses of female domestic workers in Lebanon. Now, some of these women are summoning the courage to fight back against their abusers by bringing legal cases against them. This article in AFP tells the story of 22 year old Nanda, a Sri Lankan woman who is on...
Abused and Injured Filipino Maid Trapped in Lebanon
January 27th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Rape
The following ordeal of an abused Filipino worker is all too common in Lebanon. As we and others have documented, suicides by maids in Lebanon is an unfortunate result of this sort of abuse and feeling of helplessness. Gina (not her real name) is a 21-year-old Filipino who was brought to work in Leb...
Lebanon: Update on “falling” Nepalese couple
January 22nd, 2010
As-Safir newspaper added today to Al-Akhbar’s info yesterday that the two Nepalese girls, Santi Maya (1985) and Lama Asmita (1981) fell from the third floor of Salibi tower in Jisr El Basha. The first sustained injuries and the second died. I called today staff of a reputable NGO that has offi...
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