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…
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Lebanon: “Falling” Ethiopian dies in Shoueifat
February 17th, 2010
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 Filipina 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...
Two Nepalese girls “fell” from the balcony of a business “bringing” maids to Lebanon
January 20th, 2010
I was hoping to keep blogging less these days as this would be a positive thing in my case, but I was wrong. Today, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported that two Nepalese girls “fell” from the third floor of a building in Jisr El Basha where is located a business office for bringing migrant dom...
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: Ethiopian maid drank detergent last Monday, died
January 14th, 2010
An Ethiopian maid, Betlehim Sh., died at the house of her employer M. M. who is the head of a municipality in Northern Maten (Mount Lebanon). Security reports indicated that she was taken to hospital last Monday after drinking a quantity of “Eau de Javel” detergent and died at 6:30 in th...
Filipino Maids in Lebanon Recount Abuse
January 6th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Rape Working conditions
The Philippine channel GMA TV reported last week about the return of over 100 Filipino workers from Lebanon. The Philippines officially has a ban on sending workers to Lebanon, and those repatriated entered the country illegally. Two such worker described the abuse they and fellow domestic workers e...
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