This Is Lebanon

Advocating & Campaigning for the rights of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon #AbolishKafala #endslavery

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@AfricanHub_ You can go to our website and read the account of how Vicky’s employer enslaved the previous worker for THREE YEARS

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@MrSausageGet You silly sausage.

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@ryangrim @ytirawi RIP free speech.

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@codepink I contacted Netflix and they said they “cannot verify the details.” Would it be possible to get a list of the films that have been deleted? Thanks

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@fishontherun2 Do you have the link to the original (beautiful) post?

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Mazen filed a lawsuit against TIL for aiding her escape. He accused her of theft. She spent 9.5 mths in a safe house. Mazen refused to respond to Gen Sec summons to attend investigation. She eventually left Leb without the 10k salary she was owed. Who will hold Mazen accountable?

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Mazen Aboulhosn is a former pres of the Lions Club & son of a former judge. He sexually assaulted his maid. "I was sleeping & he came into my room & tried to take off my PJs." She said he often walked around naked. He cut her contact with family & stopped paying🧵@LionsClubs

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TIL was contacted by the family. A negotiator called Mazen who said she was happy and staying willingly. He said TIL had no right to ask about her salary and he'd warned the embassy who'd called. TIL was unaware of the rapes. In Feb 2022 she managed to escape! KAFA picked her up.

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Mercy, Grace, Liz, Sylvie & others. Unknown to each other all with similar testimonies about Gabriel Services, a member of SORAL (syndicate of agents) operating under an MOL licence. Who will hold this abusive agency accountable? For full story: https://t.co/VK2I122zgL

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Nakhle Gabriel "Gabriel Services" is a recruiting agent. TIL has rec'd complaints of sexual assault by him from women of different nationalities. Their stories are remarkably similar. Gabriel forced them to perform oral sex on him. 1/4 @Roylea1Nakhle @DrEricRuto

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Elham Lteif, Gabriel’s wife, beats the workers. "She took to me with a piece of pipe beating me all over." “The abusive wife beat me until my nose bled.” “When I went to the office they beat me and told me to go back to work. Other girls were watching crying.” @LteifElham 3/4

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Mercy, Grace, Liz, Sylvie & others. Unknown to each other all with similar testimonies about Gabriel Services, a member of SORAL (Syndicate of Recruitment Agencies in Lebanon), operating under a licence issued by the MoL. Who will hold this abusive agency accountable?

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Elham Lteif, Gabriel’s wife, beats the workers. "She took to me with a piece of black pipe beating me all over my body." “The abusive wife beat me until my nose bled.” “When I went to the office they beat me and told me to go back to work…other girls were watching crying.” 2/4

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In this 4th episode of the podcast, Stephani spoke with @ThisIsLebanonLB, an NGO with the aim to effectively end government-sanctioned, modern-day slavery in Lebanon, about the history of the kafala system, its policies and its dark underbelly.

https://t.co/bOdrvkJjLX

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@MofaNepal https://t.co/SOymG6HAbz

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🧵💔 story of injustice and resilience! The Keusseians enslaved their housemaid for 15+ yrs. No day off. No phone. No contact with any Nepalese. No pay for 9 yrs - until TIL took her case. She is fluent in Armenian but lost much of her Nepali. https://t.co/uD8cC5emtp
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TIL negotiated Fulmaya's release and part payment of her salary. She is still owed $29,500. The Keusseians are defiant b/c of a doc she signed at the consulate waiving her rights. A doc signed in English (which she doesn't know), in front of her employers, without a translator.

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🧵💔 story of injustice and resilience! The Keusseians enslaved their housemaid for 15+ yrs. No day off. No phone. No contact with any Nepalese. No pay for 9 yrs - until TIL took her case. She is fluent in Armenian but lost much of her Nepali. https://t.co/uD8cC5emtp
@MofaNepal

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Alex Keusseian: "If I want, I can go back to paying her $100 [a mth] and no one can do anything. I am the owner of an international company. I have around 20 staff. I don't have time for this bullshit. Welcome to Lebanon." The family own CJ Lighting - has a bad credit history 2/3