11.   The women have alleged non-payment of wages, verbal abuse, unlawful confinement, assault and even rape by their employers.

12.   Ward himself would have been tortured had he not first been arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for unlawful confinement, Sherman said.

13.   Like those from the Philippines and other Asian countries, many maids complained of low or withheld salaries, unlawful confinement, verbal abuse, beatings and even rape.

14.   Maids have alleged non-payment of salary, unlawful confinement, verbal abuse, assault and rape.

15.   Runaway maids have alleged non-payment of salaries, verbal abuse, unlawful confinement, assault and even rape by their employers.

16.   The Nobel Peace laureate, who was released from six years of house arrest in July last year, says restrictions on her movement constitute unlawful confinement.