Employer poured hot cooking oil on an Ethiopian woman in UAE; she is in stable condition after surgery

SHARJAH, UAE — Doctors in the United Arab Emirates are working to save the life of an Ethiopian woman after she was allegedly tortured by her employer who poured hot cooking oil over her.

Dr Faisal Salman, a consultant at the plastic surgery department at Al Qassimi Hospital, said skin graft surgery to remove most of the burns on the maid’s back was completed at the weekend and she is in a stable and improved condition.

The surgery took more than an hour and involved removing the most burnt layers of her skin to make room for another layer of skin to be formed. It will take about three to four weeks of using prescribed creams and other medication for her new layer of skin to fully develop.

Sharjah Police said last month that a Moroccan woman had been accused of a sadistic assault on the 23-year-old Ethiopian woman identified by police as B K.

Investigations are being carried out in coordination with Dubai Police, where the Moroccan woman lives.

The Ethiopian woman arrived at the hospital in February with first and second-degree burns to her face, back and foot.

She told doctors she was regularly tortured by her employer in Dubai, who poured hot cooking oil on her body and refused her medical assistance, said Dr Salman.

The Ethiopian woman had to escape and obtain treatment without her employer’s knowledge.

Source: The National

Ethiopian woman in Saudi commits suicide in employer’s bathroom

An Ethiopian woman went into the bathroom at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia, left the shower running, tied a rope to her neck and hanged herself, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Wednesday.

The Saudi family, suspecting there is something wrong after the maid’s long stay inside, broke the bathroom’s door and found her hanging.

Newspapers said the family in the southern town of Barak reported the incident to the police, who said it was a clear suicide case.

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An Ethiopian woman in Bahrain freed after 8 years of captivity by an employer

By Aniqa Haider

BAHRAIN – An Ethiopian woman whose family had given her up for dead after they had no contact with her for nearly eight years is due to return home thanks to the help of community leaders.

Misrak Alemo came to Bahrain to support her family, but was held as a prisoner in her sponsor’s home and prevented from calling her relatives.

Her Bahraini employer also only sent her salary to her family in Addis Ababa twice – leaving them to fear something terrible had happened.

The 30-year-old’s case came to light when her mother tracked down and called Ethiopian G W Demmelash to say she feared her daughter may be dead. Relatives sent pictures to him and other community leaders, who took two years to find Misrak.

“We were unaware of the case until her mother called me and started crying over the phone from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia,” said Mr Demmelash.

“She said Ms Alemu left the country in 2005 to work in Bahrain and hadn’t spoken to them since then.

“We had no clue where she was working and how to find her.”

Community leaders eventually had a breakthrough when the Misrak’s brother sent them a copy of a receipt from one of the few times her sponsor had sent the family money.

“They didn’t get money from him after that and had no contact with Misrak at all,” said Mr Demmelash.

“After getting the number, we contacted him but upon receiving a negative response, we forwarded the number to an officer at Isa Town police station.

“The employer confessed he didn’t pay Misrak as he was building his house and has agreed to pay her the money.”

According to Mr Demmelash, the Bahraini owes her BD3,000 from her salary of BD40 a month. “The employer agreed to pay after police intervened,” he said.

“Police asked him to come to the police station along with Misrak.”

However, community leaders are having to foot the bill of her air ticket home.

An emotional Misrak, who is now living with Mr Demmelash, told the GDN she was longing to return to her family.

“I was unable to control my emotions when I spoke to them for the first time in all these years,” she said.

“Now I call them everyday, just to confirm that I am fine and coming home soon.

“My mother couldn’t believe it when she heard my voice and started crying, but I told her everything will be okay now.”

Misrak has four sisters and three brothers and says the first thing she will do once she returns home is eat some of her mother’s food.

“I have to tell them so much and I am sure they have a lot to be shared,” she said.

“The first thing I want to do is hug my mother and then eat food cooked by her which I missed all these years.

“I am longing to go back home as soon as possible and be with my family.”

Source: Gulf Daily News 

Woman snatched and raped by 3 men in Kuwait

An Ethiopian housemaid was returning home from the shop in Kuwait when three men stopped their car and forced her in.

They then drove to an isolated area and took turns in raping the woman before dumping her in another area.

Kuwait police said they had mounted a manhunt to arrest the three based on descriptions given by the maid, who was taken to hospital for treatment, according to the Arabic language daily Alwatan.

Source : Emirates247

Ethiopian Woman Stripped Naked, Molested By Three

KUWAIT CITY, April 8: Three unknown individuals attacked and molested an Ethiopian woman recently in Taima, Jahra.

According to security sources, the victim was walking towards a Cooperative Society in the area when the suspects grabbed her and started beating her. They stripped her naked and touched her private parts.

When the suspects noticed that some passers-by heard her cries for help, they left her and fled from the location.

She rushed home and told her sponsor about the incident after which the sponsor took her to the nearest police station and registered a case against the unknown suspects.

Security men took down the descriptions of the suspects and investigations are ongoing to arrest them.

Source : Arab Times

Ethiopian Maid Kills Self

KUWAIT CITY, April 7: The remains of an unidentified Ethiopian housemaid who allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope inside a maids recruiting office in Jahra have been referred to Forensics. Acting on information personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department rushed to the spot and found the corpse dangling from a rope. Police are investigating the incident.

Source : Arab Times

Ethiopian woman in Kuwait hangs herself

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 24:An Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope from the ceiling of her room inside the house of her sponsor in Taima.

Reportedly, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about an Ethiopian housemaid hanging from the ceiling of her room in Taima, security men rushed to the location. They discovered that the housemaid had tied one end of the rope to the ceiling of her room and wrapped the other end around her neck.

The corpse was referred to the Forensics Department. A suicide case was registered and investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the suicide.

Source : Arab Times Online