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The Ethiopian
authorities are appealing to Bahrain to lift a death sentence against a
20-year-old Ethiopian maid accused of murdering her employer.
Yeshiwork Zewdu is accused of killing her
employer using a meat cleaver.
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She (Yeshiwork) was badly treated for about two years. She
was not paid a single coin
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Haile Mikael
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The housemaid's case has heightened existing
concern about the predicament of nearly 25,000 Ethiopian women working as
maids throughout the Middle East.
The Ethiopian Government is calling on
human rights organizations around the world to join a campaign for better
conditions for migrant workers.
Ethiopia's Women's Affairs Minister,
Haile Mikael Tadelech told the BBC that it was shocking for a girl of
Yeshiwork's age to commit such a crime.
More at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1067000/1067483.stm
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