Tragedies persist for domestic workers

BEIRUT: When Alem Dechasa-Desisa hung herself by her bed sheets in a psychiatric hospital last March, she heightened a fury that had already been sparked when a video of the Ethiopian domestic worker’s beating outside her consulate went viral. Nearly a year later, the first hearing in the case against the man who dragged her into his car while she screamed is at hand. On Feb. 11, Ali Mahfouz or his lawyer is expected in court to face charges that he contributed to 33-year-old Dechasa-Desisa’s death. 

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