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Filipino OFW in Beirut, unable to go home after 10 years of service

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Halima Pbpah Kasim, a Filipino overseas worker, has been refused freedom by her employer, even after serving without pay for 10 years as a maid in Beirut, Lebanon. Part of the news submitted by Norma Henessy from Adelaide, South Australia. Imge: City of Beirut (Flickr)


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Halima Pbpah Kasim, a Filipino overseas worker, has been refused freedom by her employer, even after serving without pay for 10 years as a maid in Beirut, Lebanon. Part of the news submitted by Norma Henessy from Adelaide, South Australia. Imge: City of Beirut (Flickr)


The UN Human Rights Commission refused to hear her case, because they claimed that Lebanon is not a signatory to the Convention for the Protection of Persons from Enforced Disappearance.


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