We are organizing a Candlelight Vigil in memory of Alem Dechasa on Saturday April 7, from 6:30pm to 8pm by the White House, at Lafayette Square. Alem Dechasa was a migrant domestic worker in Lebanon who was beaten in public by her employer earlier this month and later reported deceased. Her story was not an isolated incident. According to HRW report, one domestic migrant worker commits suicide each week in Lebanon alone.

The goal for the Vigil is to raise awareness regarding the abuse of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East and urge the governments involved to implement systemic reforms to prevent such abuses in the future.

We would be honored to have you at the event.

Justice 4 Alem,

www.justice4alem.org

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Free Ethiopian Citizens – Protest at the Saudi Embassy

We demand Saudi Arabia to immediately release Ethiopians!

Ethiopian-Americans and friends of Ethiopia are uniting together to hold a protest outside the Saudi Arabia Embassy. The purpose of the Protest is to demand the release of Ethiopians who are unjustly detained by the Saudi Arabia Government. Thirty Five (35) Ethiopians, 6 men and 29 women, remain in jail under inhumane conditions since December 15th 2012. Continue reading this post »