Lebanon failed Alem – as it does so many other workers.

“How can a country, which has endured so much recent pain through war, civil strife, and foreign incursion, not recognize the humanity of domestic workers like Alem?”

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And how does one explain the casual brutality of Ali Mahfouz?

A revolution is needed to push the Lebanese government’s hand to make the requisite reforms to its labour laws.

“If you try it once, you will not do it again” states Tayyeb. “

Désormais, nous connaissons tous la tragique histoire, et fin d’histoire, de la jeune femme d’origine éthiopienne

A United Nations independent expert today urged Lebanon to investigate the death of an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker who committed suicide days after being abused in the capital city of Beirut.