OUR CASES

Cases of Kafala Abuse in Lebanon


Dorcas contacted TIL because she hadn't been paid for 5 mths. After a short negotiation, she got a plane ticket and her full salary.


Bassem is a police officer. He denied Salma of her salary and sexually abused her.


Ali, a smuggler, paid Naume $770 for 19.5 months work - $1.30 per day. Ali falsely accused her of theft to try to cover his non-payment of $3,300.


Dr. Kfoury locked Regina in. He wanted her to sleep naked beside him. He asked to give her a 'private examination'. His death secured her release.


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."


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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