Detention & Threat of Deportation of Nepalese Domestic Workers and HRDs
On 10 December, Lebanese authorities deported human rights defender Ms Sujana Rana to Nepal.
A week before, Lebanese authorities arrested Nepalese human rights defenders Ms Rose Limbu and Ms Sujana Rana who are active members of the Migrant Domestic Community in Lebanon. The two women were taken from their employers' houses and remain detained to this day by the Lebanese General Security.
Sujana Rana is a Nepalese migrant worker in Lebanon, and an active members of the Migrant Domestic Community in Lebanon. She is a member of a union of migrant workers working to advance the rights of migrant domestic workers.
Last week, Lebanese authorities arrested Nepalese human rights defenders Ms Rose Limbu and Ms Sujana Rana who are active members of the Migrant Domestic Community in Lebanon. The two women were taken from their employers' houses and remain detained to this day by the Lebanese General Security. Visitation of the human rights defenders has not been allowed.
Sujana Rana is facing deportation on 10 December and the fate of Rose Limbu remains unknown.
It is feared that the arrest of the two human rights defenders has come as part of a crack down on the migrant community in Lebanon that has been active in calling for the right to form associations and to be recognised as workers within Lebanese law. Several members of the migrant community has also been active in challenging the sponsorship system in Lebanon as well.
