Tag: Migrant Rights
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‘We Are Not Slaves, We Want Our Rights’: Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers March on Labour Day
Hundreds of migrant domestic workers and Lebanese activists took to the streets on Labour Day to protest against Lebanon’s notorious Kafala system and for justice.
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Lebanon Deports Prominent Migrant Worker Unionist
Law enforcement officers in Lebanon are cracking down on unionists committed to organizing the country’s migrant workers, and labor activists find themselves squeezed and left with few options.
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Nine Lebanese Civil Society Organizations condemn expulsion of children of migrant workers
Press Release: 9 Civil Society Organizations condemn decision to not renew residency permits for children of Migrant Workers
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Do Not Forget Alem Dechasa
“What makes it harder is when this girl is killed and then claimed that she had committed suicide in order to protect the Lebanese employer from legal prosecution.”
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Alem Dechasa, the Ethiopian lady who was abused by Ali Mahfouz, commits suicide today
LBCI reported today that the Ethiopian lady has committed suicide in Deir el Salib. I repeat once more that I, as a Lebanese citizen, want Ali Mahfouz in jail and…
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Lebanese Man beats an Ethiopian Woman, Raises Questions over Kafala System – Video
“What we need is to abolish the racist Kafala System condemned by the International Labor Organization”
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Film Screening of “Beirut” by Rahel Zegeye
Reblogged from Migrant Workers Task Force Rahel Zegeye, an Ethiopian migrant worker, MWTF member, language student, and filmmaker, is proud to be presenting her first feature film with the support…
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Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
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Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila – video
Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila
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“Life Bar” Gemmayze asks guests to dress as maids
“This Friday Night, Be Sinkara or Milenga.. Be Soumatra or Domma.. Create your own Maid Costume, Speak Like them and look like a Philippino, Bengladish, Sri Lanka or any maid…