2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The 23 women who cared for all the needs of the Emirati princess Sheikha Handa al-Nahyan and her seven daughters worked in appalling conditions.
This was reported when, during a trip to Brussels, Belgium, the employees managed to escape from their employers and denounce that they were victims of slavery. His accusations convinced the authorities, who accused the aristocrat of the United Arab Emirates and her daughters.
Now the trial to establish his responsibility has just begun, reported the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
“The princesses rented for years an entire floor of a famous Brussels hotel. They were always accompanied by an entourage of more than 20 servants who now accuse them of keeping them in conditions close to slavery, the representative of the Belgian organization Myrna, Patricia Le Cocq, who fights against human trafficking, explained to the newspaper.
According to Le Cocq, the employees did not have work permits and worked all day receiving "pressure and insults and they were deprived of their passport and freedom of movement." They also did not receive any salary or other financial remuneration for their work.
The lawyer of the accused, Stephen Monod, denied that his client had no responsibility. "The workers were not employees of the princesses but of a company that is not even being judged," she said.
The truth of the trial could be known on June 23. If convicted, at best they would be forced to pay a fine and compensation to victims, and at worst they could go to prison.
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