OUR CASES

Cases of Kafala Abuse in Lebanon


Abike claims Colonel Abbas threatened to kill her if she didn't sign a paper forfeiting her salary. She described him as telling her "he can not give me my money, that he has already bought me from Najah as a slave."

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Cynthia said she'd pay Eyah at the end of her contract. She "gave her a handful of dollars at the airport". Turns out that handful was $3452 short.

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Glory's employer, a judge, was refusing to release her at the end of her contract. One text message later and she was on her way home with her full salary.

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Farouk Khoder enslaved Salmo for 10 yrs. His lawyer says she was "a member of the family". If so, why didn't Farouk put the lawyer's fee toward her salary?

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Bilal Khalil was detained for the death of an Ethiopian worker. He's accused of operating a torture room out of his office. No wonder Isha was scared for her life.

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Qassem Bayram sexually abused Cheryl. His wife verbally abused her, underpaid her and falsely accused her of theft.

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