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France is Accusing This
Saudi Prince of Slavery
The French press has recently reported shocking details of a case involving a member of the Saudi royal family Al Saud, accusing him of ill- treatment of seven domestic workers who have served his family for years, including summers spent in a posh Paris apartment.
Details reported
by Le
Parisien, AFP, France 24, and other French media outlets have uncovered an investi- gation by
French prosecutors going on since October 2019 into seven complaints that have been filed by seven women of Filipino origin.
According to the seven women whose ages range between 51 - 38 years old, they have been recruited by 44-
year old Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Abdallah Al Saud while in Saudi Arabia and
have moved with him and his family to two countries, including France, where the family spends the summer vacation.
The complaints sup- ported by the French NGO SOS-
Esclaves have point- ed at different forms of humiliation and mistreatment over the years, including "orders of attending
to the employer's needs all day and night all week long, with no breaks." The seven women have been reported, "to be starved, forced to eat leftovers they have to leave as soon as they are called for by employers, in addition to having to sleep on the floor."
Moreover, reports hav e noted that the work-
ers have to "bow their heads when the prince passes by," in addition to being beaten and spat at by the four children of the prince." Each of the seven women reportedly
made about 300 Euros a month.
While Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Abdallah Al Saud has been confirmed to be out-
side of France, inves- tigators worry that persecuting him will require not only his physical presence in the country but will also face questions of diplomatic immunity, especially in case he owns a diplomatic passport, which has not been confirmed yet.
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