American Defense Contractor Accused of Enslaving U.S. Citizen Linguists

A major American defense contractor held its translators in a tent city under slave-like conditions, breaking U.S. anti-slavery laws, according to allegations in a 2016 federal lawsuit that was recently unsealed. Under threat of arrest in Kuwait, the translators were held in tents where the temperature regularly topped 100 degrees. One plaintiff, a linguist named Edward Youkhana, complained about his treatment in Kuwait to a regional manager.