Comments on: 4 Ethiopian women killed themselves in Lebanon

By: selam

selam — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:45:48 +0000

really i am very sad .just i have to say our lored he will pay back
for our sister soul i know them very will they are very crul people i ever see in my life

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:31:40 +0000

Please join the group “Ethiopian maids abused in Middle East”.
The aim of this group is to help our sisters, who are working in the Middle East under cruel and inhuman condition.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127678883924093

By: selam

selam — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:45:22 +0000

Observer,

Most of the employers in Lebanon are Christians-please learn your geography before you make observations and generalizations about Muslims. Lebanon’s middle class are mostly Christian with minioriy sunni. The shiite are mostly poor and can not afford maids.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:38:23 +0000

i am very sad about what happen to the ethiopian women but we have to do some thing

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:53 +0000

observer,

Its really sad that human dignity is being taken away due to poverty and lack of equal opportunity for its citizen in Africa, not only Ethiopia.Most of the Arabs that are involved in such large scale atrocities are Muslims.Muslim is known for its teachings that preach high regard and respect for human live-to give protection and support for needy, wholeheartedly.Then, what is happening in this countries? Are not they treating human being in accordance with Muslim teachings?.It also appalled me why religious people keep silent about this large scale violation in this countries.They need to teach,in mosques, their citizen to have love and respect for human being regardless of their power and position rather than preaching jihad.

By: bekele

bekele — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:33:49 +0000

This is very sad. The regime in Ethiopia is making money from exporting these women and will not stop the practice any time soon, we have to stand together to stop these women from going to Lebanon, only Lebanon is identified to be a source of trouble.

By: Observer (TeAzabi)

Observer (TeAzabi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:57:31 +0000

This is really a sad and common occurrence in the Mid-Eastern countries, particularly in Lebanon. The story of crimes and inhumane treatments African women imigrants expreienced at the hands of Lebanese is endless. I remember reading a story sometime ago of a young East African woman who, after overhearing her sponsor making plans to take one of her kidneys without her consent and sell it, jumped off the Balcony and sought refuge at a nearby Police Station. The sad thing is that the authorities she came to for protection handed her back to the Criminials. It’s her words against theirs. Fortunately, the Embassy of her country of origin was notified of the incident by someone and managed to get her out to safety. In another case in 1996, which I had personally witnessed, another young East African woman was admitted to our Hospital with severe injury, including broken bones on both her face and lower extremities. My colleague and I discovered this case accidentally during our routine round. Interestingly, the history of what was placed on her medical chart was different from what the patient told us happen. Briefly, what happen to her on her own account was that she came to Saudi Arabia through a sponsorship to work for a wealthy Saudi family and that she would be paid cetain Ryial every month. What she faced with was that not only was she not getting paid as agreed, she was both verbally and physically abused. Often, she was denied food and went to bed hungry. The woman she was working for was very abusive and mistreated the worker badly. After 6 months of abuse and misery, the young woman decided to take a drastic yet risky action. To jump off a 3rd floor building and run away. She did and the result was that she suffered severe injuries, including broken legs and disfigured face. We felt both sad and at the same time helpless in that we were not in a position to look for any legal action against the perpetrators. All we could do at that point was to give her emotional support and to make sure that her injury was appropriately treated. We also managed to contact her father, who happened to work in other part of the country, and broke the story. Last thing I heard was that her father came and took her with him.
For years, we’ve heard of horrible stories like this inflicted on countless of our women who came to these countries in search of work. Unfortunately, it seems as though no organization, including the UN. has taken any concrete step to stop such a gross human rights abuse on women.

By: yigermal

yigermal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:35:14 +0000

it has to be investigated throughly.this is absurd and shocking.it is highly unlikely for 8 or 4 peoples to die at the same time.postmortem must be done on arrival.in the past there were history of organ theft from alive ethiopian individuals with out their knowledge.What possibly can it be these days??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:00:26 +0000

It saddens me to hear about the horrific cases in Lebanon. The suicides committed by the Ethiopian maids, should be considered murders because their employer were the cause of these unfortunate cases. It seems that these women thought they escaped from struggle and poverty at home when they arrived at Lebanon. They didn’t leave their home land because they wanted to, but because poverty and lack of work made them look else where for improvement.
To the employers that abuse helpless women in Lebanon and through the Arab world, shame on you. Many Arabs are Muslims. Muslim is a peaceful religion. Peaceful people don’t suppose to committee such acts.
My heart goes out to the families, friends, and sympathizers of the women that perished away so young and so unnecessarily. As Arabs say, “Beta Harem Be-been.”

By: Assta B. Gettu

Assta B. Gettu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:39:09 +0000

The deaths of these Ethiopian girls, whether they are suicidal or foul play, are staggering for any person who believes the lives of humans are precious.

Those who are involved in murdering these hard-working maids are always accountable in the eyes of the Almighty God.

Sooner or later, Ethiopia who manufactures humans and sells them as chip products to satisfy the sexual appetites of the young and the old Arab Muslims is destined to take the places of Sodom and Gomorrah for committing such unforgiveable sins: the shortages of food, the shortages of good leadership, the absence of justice, the multiplicities of prostituts, and the complete dissatisfactions of the Ethiopian people with their secular and spiritual leaders – all these are omens impending to completely deracinate the country.

In fact, some geologists predict a new ocean is in the making in Ethiopia, and this new ocean may one day swallow up the entire nation, and there will be no more Ethiopia, no more human trafficking, no more Meles Seitanawi (Zenawi), no more Azeb (Jezebel) Mesfin, and no more Aba Paulos (the Diabilos).

The reason for this mutual destruction is understandable as St. Paul writes to the Romans audience: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away; they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.’ (3:10-12)

Indeed, the lives of these beautiful and young Ethiopian girls have become worthless to the Ethiopian leaders as well as to the Arab Muslims who abuse them on a daily bases until these girls, tired of abuse and inhuman mistreatment, finally committed suicide. These Ethiopian girls are worthless in the eyes of Meles Seitanawi, in the Eyes of Azeb (Jezebel) Mesfin, in the eyes of Aba Paulos, and in the eyes of the cruel Arab-Muslim world; however, the lives of these innocent Ethiopian girls are always precious in the eyes of God, who created them for his own divine purpose.

We all believe in the final Judgment Day as Saint Luke says: “The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them.” (11:31) In the same way, these murdered Ethiopian girls will rise up in the final Judgment Day and will accuse this generation for refusing them shelter, food, clothing, employment, human dignity, justice, and finally for murdering them and for covering up the causes of their deaths. The Arab Muslims are not the only ones who are responsible for the deaths of these Ethiopian girls: all Ethiopians are responsible, and the whole world is accountable for doing nothing against the evil regime of Meles Seitanawi who has been sending so many Ethiopian boys and girls to the gas chamber – the Arab-Muslim world.

May the Rock of Ages, the Ancient One, God the Almighty, change his mind and forgive this generation of ours for killing these humble Ethiopian girls and with them the other girls too!