Tag: Racism

Racism Monitor | Issue #1: Racist Highlights

We have compiled the most prominent racist content and violations of 2021 and the past few months which contributed to reinforcing and perpetuating racism against migrants and refugees in Lebanon, including those that incited violence and published misinformation and false figures.

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Weekly News Report: September 1-17, 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.

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Weekly News Report: August 25-31

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.

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Weekly News Report: August 9-16

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.

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Weekly News Report: July 25-31, 2022

A report from Refugees = Partners examining the legal framework and work conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon found that “the lack of legal status renders refugees more vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, and precarious employment.”

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