This Is Lebanon

Mazen filed a lawsuit against TIL for aiding her escape. He accused her of theft. She spent 9.5 mths in a safe house. Mazen refused to respond to Gen Sec summons to attend investigation. She eventually left Leb without the 10k salary she was owed. Who will hold Mazen accountable?

TIL was contacted by the family. A negotiator called Mazen who said she was happy and staying willingly. He said TIL had no right to ask about her salary and he'd warned the embassy who'd called. TIL was unaware of the rapes. In Feb 2022 she managed to escape! KAFA picked her up.

Mazen's bro, Assaad, raped her twice. The 2nd time she got pregnant. Mazen's ex-wife got her abortion medicine. She bled for days. She couldn't escape as the door was locked. She was enslaved for 4 yrs 7 mths.

Mazen Aboulhosn is a former pres of the Lions Club & son of a former judge. He sexually assaulted his maid. "I was sleeping & he came into my room & tried to take off my PJs." She said he often walked around naked. He cut her contact with family & stopped paying🧵@LionsClubs

Mercy, Grace, Liz, Sylvie & others. Unknown to each other all with similar testimonies about Gabriel Services, a member of SORAL (syndicate of agents) operating under an MOL licence. Who will hold this abusive agency accountable? For full story: go.thisislbn.com/nakhle

Elham Lteif, Gabriel’s wife, beats the workers. "She took to me with a piece of pipe beating me all over." “The abusive wife beat me until my nose bled.” “When I went to the office they beat me and told me to go back to work. Other girls were watching crying.” @LteifElham 3/4

"He released the sperms in my mouth." 2/4

Nakhle Gabriel "Gabriel Services" is a recruiting agent. TIL has rec'd complaints of sexual assault by him from women of different nationalities. Their stories are remarkably similar. Gabriel forced them to perform oral sex on him. 1/4 @Roylea1Nakhle @DrEricRuto

Mercy, Grace, Liz, Sylvie & others. Unknown to each other all with similar testimonies about Gabriel Services, a member of SORAL (Syndicate of Recruitment Agencies in Lebanon), operating under a licence issued by the MoL. Who will hold this abusive agency accountable?

Elham Lteif, Gabriel’s wife, beats the workers. "She took to me with a piece of black pipe beating me all over my body." “The abusive wife beat me until my nose bled.” “When I went to the office they beat me and told me to go back to work…other girls were watching crying.” 2/4

"He released the sperms in my mouth" 2/4

TIL negotiated Fulmaya's release and part payment of her salary. She is still owed $29,500. The Keusseians are defiant b/c of a doc she signed at the consulate waiving her rights. A doc signed in English (which she doesn't know), in front of her employers, without a translator.

Alex Keusseian: "If I want, I can go back to paying her $100 [a mth] and no one can do anything. I am the owner of an international company. I have around 20 staff. I don't have time for this bullshit. Welcome to Lebanon." The family own CJ Lighting - has a bad credit history 2/3

🧵💔 story of injustice and resilience! The Keusseians enslaved their housemaid for 15+ yrs. No day off. No phone. No contact with any Nepalese. No pay for 9 yrs - until TIL took her case. She is fluent in Armenian but lost much of her Nepali. go.thisislbn.com/fulmaya @MofaNepal

100%.

It’s like watching a train wreck about to happen and not being able to stop it.

TIL contacted the MoL Mustapha Bayram asking him to assist Marta but received no response. Qassem Bayram & Rana Eid have yet to be investigated for the abuses. TIL is concerned that they continue to 'employ' other MDWs and subject them to egregious abuses. This Is Lebanon

Rana bragged to the negotiator that her husband Qassem Bayram was a relative of Lebanon's Labour Minister Mustapha Bayram."Be reassured. If you want to sit with him, I'll be the first to arrange that."