Migrant women beaten and raped in jail in Tripoli
Information Systems: Migrant Domestic Workers Information System (MDWIS)
Reporter: Admin
Date of incident: May 01, 2009
Detailed description of violation
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) conducted interviews in May 2009 with 82 migrant women in Lebanon’s Tripoli jail. Two interviewees said police had beaten them during interrogation, while a third said that a policeman had raped her.