On Saturday 21st of January 2023, our colleague, ally, and friend Samuel (Sami) Tesfaye was arrested in Beirut Rafic Hariri airport, on his way back from Ethiopia for a family visit. The arrest is under the premise that Sami violated the arbitrary conditions of his residency, imposed on him, and countless migrants, by the Kafala system.
Kenyan Refugee and Activist NM has just been released by the Lebanese authorities, following her arrest in April this year.
On March 14, Faustina Tay, a young woman from Ghana, was discovered dead in the car park of her employer’s home in Beirut. She is yet another migrant domestic worker to lose her life under the kafala system.
Mubarak Ibrahim, a Sudanese human rights activist, is under imminent threat of deportation to Sudan where he is at very high risk of detention, torture and death at the hands of the Sudanese authorities.
Policemen detained ten Sudanese and Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers on Thursday, December 3rd, 2019, after more than two months of peaceful protest in front of the UNHCR building in Jnah.
ARM sent an open letter to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi & UNHCR Representative in Lebanon Ms. Mireille Girard, to take concrete measures to meet the demands of Sudanese and other African refugees and asylum seekers who have been protesting against UNHCR’s neglect of their files for over nine years.
We call for the immediate release of Beirut, a 5-year-old girl born in Lebanon, and her Sri Lankan and Sudanese family, from administrative detention. General Security told the family they would be deported to Sudan and Sri Lanka, separating them permanently, and putting them at risk of violence and persecution.
The Lebanese General Security has issued deportation orders for the three men. According to their families, they were informed of this by a UNHCR representative and General Security.
On September 13, the military court issued its verdict in the assault case of Kenyan migrant workers Shamila and Rose, and three of their attackers, two Lebanese men and one Lebanese woman.
At the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), we are constantly working on a multitude of different activities and initiatives. Most of our activities are only possible with the help of dedicated and passionate volunteers who work in collaboration with our core team.
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) was launched in 2010 as a grassroots collective by young Lebanese feminist activists in collaboration with migrant workers and migrant domestic workers.
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