Crimes Against Migrants and Refugees in Lebanon – News Report, November 2022
Non-Lebanese communities are often portrayed as criminals in the media. But what about the crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Lebanon?
Non-Lebanese communities are often portrayed as criminals in the media. But what about the crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Lebanon?
عندما نتحدث عن “مشكلة” رائحة الجسد، يجب التنويه أن المشكلة، في أغلب الأحيان، هي مشكلة اجتماعية ذو روابط وأنماط ناتجة عن سلوكيات عنصريّة.
For the second issue of the Racism Monitor, we wanted to highlight some quotes from the testimonies we received from migrant domestic workers, which document their experiences with racist violations and discrimination against them based on their “Body Odor.”
Migrant-led organization Egna Legna Besidet and the Institute for Migration Studies in the Lebanese American University have released a study titled “Acknowledged but Forgotten: The Gender Dimensions of Sexual Violence Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Post-Crisis Lebanon.”
قمنا بتجميع أبرز الانتهاكات والمحتويات العنصرية من عام 2021 وخلال الأشهر الماضية والتي ساهمت بترسيخ العنصرية والكراهية تجاه العمّال والعاملات المهاجرين/ات واللاجئين في لبنان، منها ما حرّض عليهم/ن وشجّع بالعنف ومنها ما نشر معلومات وأرقام كاذبة.
Vaccine Segregation, Misinformation and Mistreatment of Migrant Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here’s the Weekly News Report for September 18-30 2022.
On August 31, Bashar Abdul Saud, a Syrian detainee, was murdered inside one of the cells of the General Directorate of State Security. Images showed signs of brutal torture, which led to a fatal heart attack, as further investigation showed.
Al Akhbar released 3 articles on August 29, 2022 as part of a dossier titled “Domestic Labor «Crisis»: Left, Never to Return,” in which, recruitment agencies’ structural abuse of migrant domestic workers, as well as the racism and sexism that the workers face, is completely omitted.
The UNHCR granted NM refugee status, however, NM is still detained at the General Security Detention Center.
The Honorary Consulate of Kenya has been reportedly targeting migrant activists. Circumstantial evidence suggests that NM’s arrest initially had to do with her activism during the protests earlier in 2022 against the Kenyan Honorary Consulate.
نعمل في حركة مناهضة العنصرية بجهد على العديد من النشاطات والمبادرات المختلفة. معظم نشاطنا تعدّ في الإمكان بفضل فريق من المتطوعين/ات يعمل مع فريقنا الأساسي بشغف و إخلاص.
حركة مناهضة العنصرية هي حركة شعبيّة أنشأتها جهات شبابيّة ناشطة في لبنان بالتعاون مع عمّال وعاملات أجانب. نعمل معًا في الحركة على توثيق الممارسات العنصرية والتحقيق فيها وفضحها ومحاربتها من خلال مبادرات وحملات عديدة. تمّ إطلاق حركة مناهضة العنصرية عام 2010 عقب حادثة وقعت في أحد أكثر المنتجعات البحرية الخاصّة المعروفة في بيروت.