Sunday, April 01, 2012

Ethiopians protest at consulate in Lebanon

April 1, 2012, BADARO, Lebanon,(UPI)--A group of Ethiopian protesters gathered outside the Ethiopian Consulate in Lebanon Sunday, saying their community is ignored and treated with callousness.

The group pointed to a recent videotape in which an Ethiopian domestic worker, Alem Dechasa-Desisa, was physically assaulted by a man identified as Ali Mahfouz, The (Beirut) Daily Star reported.

 The woman was taken to a hospital where doctors said she hanged herself March 14. "Nobody helped her," said a woman named Sarah. "How did she die? She didn't kill herself. She's not crazy." Read more from UPI »

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