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04-02-2005, 11:39 AM
ملخص القصة:
عبد الناصر عيد يوسف ابراهيم
و أمال أحمد عويس عبد المطلب كانا متزوجين سابقا (قام الزوج بالزواج من أخري)
أثناء زواجهما ، جلبا بنت مصرية قاصر من مصر ( 12 سنة حين وجدتها السلطات الأمريكية) للعمل كخادمة لديهم
- منعوا البنت من التعليم ومن الخروج من المنزل
- قالت السلطات انها كانت تعيش تحت تحت ظروف غير ملائمة و "قذرة" حيث كانت تنام فى جراج البيت الخالى من التهوية ومن الكهرباء ومنعوها من زيارة الاطباء فى الوقت الذى يمتلك فيه عبد الناصر ابراهيم منتجعا سياحيا
- لم يدفعوا شيئا للبنت بل كل ما كانوا يدفعونه هو مبلغ 30 دولار شهريا لعائلتها فى مصر
- قاموا بضرب وبتهديد الطفلة انه فى حالة خروجها او هروبها من المنزل فانهم سيقومون بتلفيق تهمة سرقة لأختها فى مصر وايداعها فى السجن
-دفاع الاسرة المصرية ان هذه طريقة تقوم بها العائلات الغنية بمصر بمساعدة العائلات الفقيرة وانها شيئ طبيعى فى مصر
- رأى الحكومة الامريكية ان هذا امتهان لكرامة الانسان واستغلال لطفل لا حول له ولا قوة وحالة من حالات الجشع كما انه استضافة لمهاجر غير شرعي
- فى حال ادانة العائلة المصرية فإن عقوبتهم قد تصل الى 50 عاما
Grand jury charges Irvine couple with enslaving girl from Egypt
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former husband and wife from Egypt held a girl from their country as a slave in their Southern California home, forcing her to work under harsh conditions for no pay, according to a federal grand jury indictment issued Wednesday.
The jury charged the pair with two counts of human trafficking for bringing the girl into the United States in August 2000 and ordering her to clean their Irvine home and take care of their five children while she lived in "squalid" conditions and was prevented from leaving the house.
In exchange for her 10 years as a domestic servant, Abdel Nasser Eid Youssef Ibrahim, 44, and Amal Ahmed Ewis-Abd Motelib, 41, agreed to provide monthly payments to her parents of about $30 per month, the grand jury charged.
An attorney for Ibrahim, who has since remarried, said the girl was not a slave but was being sponsored as part of an Egyptian tradition in which wealthy families help poorer ones.
"We believe the charges are totally without merit," attorney James Riddet said. "The family of the girl asked my client and his former wife to take care of her."
U.S. law, however, makes no allowance for such an arrangement, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Keenan. "There is no cultural or religious defense," he said.
The girl, who was 12 when authorities found her in April 2002, is in foster care.
The indictment does not detail the conditions in which the girl was kept, but authorities said she was forced to sleep in the garage, which had no light or ventilation, was forbidden from playing outside and never allowed to attend school or see a doctor in two years with the family.
"All the things you do to safeguard the well-being of a child weren't being done," said Kumar Kibble, the special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office that investigated the case after local officials received an anonymous tip about the girl.
The girl was threatened, slapped and told that her sister, who previously worked for the family, would be prosecuted in Egypt for theft if she left the home by herself, the indictment charged.
"It is a sad reflection on human greed, where even in the most affluent neighborhoods, adults think they can take advantage of a helpless child," Kibble said.
In addition to the two human trafficking counts, the defendants were each charged with harboring an illegal immigrant and conspiracy. If convicted, they could receive a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison. Their arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 21.
In November, a grand jury indicted the pair on charges of harboring an illegal immigrant but neither was taken into custody. Last week, Ibrahim was arrested after authorities determined he may have been preparing to leave the United States.
A judge said Wednesday that Ibrahim, who owns a resort in the California mountain community of Big Bear, can be released on $50,000 bond but must wear an electronic monitoring device.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/10800574.htm
عبد الناصر عيد يوسف ابراهيم
و أمال أحمد عويس عبد المطلب كانا متزوجين سابقا (قام الزوج بالزواج من أخري)
أثناء زواجهما ، جلبا بنت مصرية قاصر من مصر ( 12 سنة حين وجدتها السلطات الأمريكية) للعمل كخادمة لديهم
- منعوا البنت من التعليم ومن الخروج من المنزل
- قالت السلطات انها كانت تعيش تحت تحت ظروف غير ملائمة و "قذرة" حيث كانت تنام فى جراج البيت الخالى من التهوية ومن الكهرباء ومنعوها من زيارة الاطباء فى الوقت الذى يمتلك فيه عبد الناصر ابراهيم منتجعا سياحيا
- لم يدفعوا شيئا للبنت بل كل ما كانوا يدفعونه هو مبلغ 30 دولار شهريا لعائلتها فى مصر
- قاموا بضرب وبتهديد الطفلة انه فى حالة خروجها او هروبها من المنزل فانهم سيقومون بتلفيق تهمة سرقة لأختها فى مصر وايداعها فى السجن
-دفاع الاسرة المصرية ان هذه طريقة تقوم بها العائلات الغنية بمصر بمساعدة العائلات الفقيرة وانها شيئ طبيعى فى مصر
- رأى الحكومة الامريكية ان هذا امتهان لكرامة الانسان واستغلال لطفل لا حول له ولا قوة وحالة من حالات الجشع كما انه استضافة لمهاجر غير شرعي
- فى حال ادانة العائلة المصرية فإن عقوبتهم قد تصل الى 50 عاما
Grand jury charges Irvine couple with enslaving girl from Egypt
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former husband and wife from Egypt held a girl from their country as a slave in their Southern California home, forcing her to work under harsh conditions for no pay, according to a federal grand jury indictment issued Wednesday.
The jury charged the pair with two counts of human trafficking for bringing the girl into the United States in August 2000 and ordering her to clean their Irvine home and take care of their five children while she lived in "squalid" conditions and was prevented from leaving the house.
In exchange for her 10 years as a domestic servant, Abdel Nasser Eid Youssef Ibrahim, 44, and Amal Ahmed Ewis-Abd Motelib, 41, agreed to provide monthly payments to her parents of about $30 per month, the grand jury charged.
An attorney for Ibrahim, who has since remarried, said the girl was not a slave but was being sponsored as part of an Egyptian tradition in which wealthy families help poorer ones.
"We believe the charges are totally without merit," attorney James Riddet said. "The family of the girl asked my client and his former wife to take care of her."
U.S. law, however, makes no allowance for such an arrangement, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Keenan. "There is no cultural or religious defense," he said.
The girl, who was 12 when authorities found her in April 2002, is in foster care.
The indictment does not detail the conditions in which the girl was kept, but authorities said she was forced to sleep in the garage, which had no light or ventilation, was forbidden from playing outside and never allowed to attend school or see a doctor in two years with the family.
"All the things you do to safeguard the well-being of a child weren't being done," said Kumar Kibble, the special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office that investigated the case after local officials received an anonymous tip about the girl.
The girl was threatened, slapped and told that her sister, who previously worked for the family, would be prosecuted in Egypt for theft if she left the home by herself, the indictment charged.
"It is a sad reflection on human greed, where even in the most affluent neighborhoods, adults think they can take advantage of a helpless child," Kibble said.
In addition to the two human trafficking counts, the defendants were each charged with harboring an illegal immigrant and conspiracy. If convicted, they could receive a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison. Their arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 21.
In November, a grand jury indicted the pair on charges of harboring an illegal immigrant but neither was taken into custody. Last week, Ibrahim was arrested after authorities determined he may have been preparing to leave the United States.
A judge said Wednesday that Ibrahim, who owns a resort in the California mountain community of Big Bear, can be released on $50,000 bond but must wear an electronic monitoring device.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/10800574.htm