A domestic worker Tuesday committed suicide by throwing herself off a balcony in Beirut's southern suburbs, state media reported. Reports by Human Rights Watch and other organizations have found that the majority of domestic workers in Lebanon have been subjected to illegal practices such as having their passports confiscated by their employers and not receiving any time off. Several reports have also indicated that foreign domestic workers suffer from inadequate salaries, lack of basic worker rights, physical abuse and isolation, which in extreme cases have led to domestic workers taking their own lives.

Source: Ethiopian News November 29, 2016 09:51 UTC