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Lebanon: Man arrested after he was filmed beating migrant worker in shocking video

A video of a man in Lebanon dragging and beating a woman, believed to be a migrant worker, has shocked people following its spread on social media.

The incident led to a heated debate online, on Lebanon’s controversial sponsorship system, known as ‘kafala’.
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