Saturday, March 17, 2012

Photos: Vigil for Alem Dechassa Outside Lebanon Embassy in D.C.

Photo by Martha Z. Tegegn for Tadias Magazine

A crowd of Ethiopians gathered in front of the Embassy of Lebanon here on Thursday morning for an hour vigil to mourn and protest the death of 33-year old Alem Dechassa, the Ethiopian woman that was violently mistreated outside the Ethiopian embassy in Beirut as shown in a viral video last weekend. Alem died on Wednesday.

Continue reading here: http://www.tadias.com/03/16/2012/photos-vigil-for-alem-dechassa-outside-lebanon-embassy-in-d-c/

In Memory of Alem Dechassa: Reporting & Mapping Domestic Migrant Worker Abuse: http://www.tadias.com/03/17/2012/in-memory-of-alem-dechassa-reporting-mapping-domestic-migrant-worker-abuse-in-the-middle-east/

Online Outrage Over Death of Domestic Worker Turns Into Activism  http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/03/17/ethiopialebanon-online-outrage-over-death-of-domestic-worker-turns-into-activism/

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