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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
After being locked in a room and forced to work against her will in Lebanon for over eight years, an Ethiopian domestic worker is finally getting her chance to achieve justice against her former employer and alleged slaver. On Thursday, “MH,” a pseudonym given to the 40-year old Ethiopian domestic worker, brought criminal charges of slavery, slave trading and forced labour against both her former employer and recruitment agency. “The landmark case is the first time in Lebanese history that a foreign domestic worker charges an employer with slavery” One defendant, Dr May Saadeh, a Lebanese orth…