OUR CASES

Cases of Kafala Abuse in Lebanon


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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Unpaid for 14 months, Desta supposedly tied her own noose with horribly injured hands. Another suspicious death called a 'suicide'.

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Isatu recounts a litany of abuses: slapped, kicked and bashed over the head with a bottle by Maher Zoueini and without salary for her three months of work. Unsurprisingly, the agency and police failed to help her.

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