Ethiopian maids reveal abuse from employers in UAE

7DAYS Dubai Maids Wube Tamene (left) and Hedja Ousman (right) Two maids have spoken of the appalling abuse they claim was dished out by their employers, as a top diplomat called for an end to household “slavery”. Hedja Ousman, 22, and Wube Tamene, 18, worked for families in the UAE and both say they were

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UK Ambassador in Lebanon swapped jobs with Ethiopian maid Kalkedan

The Daily Star BEIRUT: UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher “swapped” jobs with an Ethiopian maid Monday in an effort to promote the rights of migrant workers. “I’m trading places with Kalkedan, from Ethiopia, tomorrow. We want to highlight the rights of foreign domestic workers in Lebanon,” read a post on Fletcher’s Twitter page Sunday.

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Ethiopian maid hang herself in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi family got the shock of its life when its members woke up in the morning to find their Ethiopian housemaid hanging from the door of her bedroom. Police, examining the maid, found that she had tied her neck with a rope and then tied it to the upper part of the door of

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Family of murdered Ethiopian maid refuses to accept blood money

Four sentenced to death for rape and murder ordered to pay blood money. Gulf News By Aghaddir Ali Sharjah: The Sharjah Appeals Court has ordered four Emirati men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder in 2009, to pay blood money to the victim’s family. The ruling was issued on Monday.

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Family of murdered Ethiopian maid refuses to accept blood money

Four sentenced to death for rape and murder ordered to pay blood money. Gulf News By Aghaddir Ali Sharjah: The Sharjah Appeals Court has ordered four Emirati men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder in 2009, to pay blood money to the victim’s family. The ruling was issued on Monday.

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13 Ethiopian immigrants arrested in UK

Getsurrey.co.uk There was traffic chaos on the M25 as more than a dozen people were stopped and searched by police on the hard shoulder A group of suspected illegal immigrants were stopped on the M25 hard shoulder on Monday morning after getting out of the back of a lorry. The 13 people, believed to be

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Mediterranean Migrants: Human Trafficking Gang ‘Took Organs as Payment’

IB Times By Umberto Bacchi A gang of human traffickers accepted migrants’ organs as payment for smuggling them to Europe in a perilous journey from northern Africa, an Italian police investigation has revealed. The gang, composed by Libyans and Eritreans, allegedly demanded that asylum seekers pay €1,500 (£1,200) up front to board one of the

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Saudi citizen imprisoned for having illicit relations with Ethiopian maid

Arab News A 30-year-old man in Qatif has been sentenced to six months in prison and 90 lashes for having illicit relations with a Ethiopian housemaid. The defendant was given 30 days to appeal to the ruling. The maid’s sponsor felt the presence of a stranger in her room at dawn, but was unable to

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No Ethiopians to Kuwait

By Muna Al-Fuzai Kuwait is no more open to Ethiopians – male or female workers cannot enter the country. The Ministry of Interior suspended the entry of all male and female Ethiopians workers since February because of the crime rate recorded among this nationality in terms of murder and theft. Such a decision is like

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Missing Ethiopian maid found dead on rooftopin Saudi Arabia

Emirates 24/7 An Ethiopian housemaid who vanished from her employer’s home in Saudi Arabia five days ago was found dead on the rooftop of the house in the oil-rich Gulf Kingdom. A medical examination of the decomposed body identified the maid and a preliminary report showed she had committed a suicide. “Police said they would

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