UPDATES TO KAFALA
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April 25, 2019 | French
D’après les premiers éléments de l’enquête, la jeune femme s’est jetée du sixième étage d’un immeuble de Mousseïtbé.
April 24, 2019 | English
Lebanon’s new government must end the kafala system which is trapping migrant domestic workers in a nightmarish web of abuse ranging from exploitative working conditions to forced labour and human trafficking, said Amnesty International today, launching a new report and campaign.
April 24, 2019 | English
Amnesty International issued a report on Wednesday, calling on the Lebanese authorities to put an end to the Kafala sponsorship system.
April 23, 2019 | English
Rights group blames ‘kafala’ sponsorship system for widespread abuses.
April 9, 2019 | French
Le ministre du Travail, Camille Abousleiman, insiste sur la nécessité de déterminer si l’employée de maison a été victime de maltraitance.
March 14, 2019 | English
By the time his Libyan captors branded his face, Sunday Iabarot had already run away twice and had been sold three times.The gnarled scar that covers most of the left side of his face appears to show a crude number 3. His jailer carved it into his cheek with a fire-heated knife, cutting and cauterizing at the same time.
March 12, 2019 | French
Une affaire a récemment ému les réseaux sociaux : une femme, M. Ch., a déclaré sur son compte Facebook qu’elle avait « une bonne à vendre », en référence à son employée de maison étrangère dont elle a décidé de se séparer. Suite au tollé causé par ce message, le ministre du Travail Camille Abou Sleiman s’est saisi de l’affaire, considérant selon un communiqué de son bureau ce comportement comme « un nouvel esclavage totalement inacceptable ».
February 9, 2019 | English
DOHA: Qatar is running out of time to stamp out widespread serious labor abuse for tens of thousands of migrant workers before hosting the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International warned Tuesday.
January 17, 2019 | English
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January 8, 2019 | English
The Kefala system violates the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document to which Lebanon is a signatory.