In New York City, domestic workers and their advocates rallied across from the Indian consulate to protest an Indian diplomat’s treatment of her housekeeper. The arrest of Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in New York, caused a diplomatic spat with India after she complained about her treatment in custody. But protesters said the focus should be on the diplomat’s alleged crimes, which include paying her employee well below minimum wage.

Prarthana Gurung, executive assistant for Adhikaar: “We think that people have lost sight of the root cause of this entire situation, which is the fact that an employee, a domestic worker, was exploited, and she wasn’t treated in a way that any other employee or staff member would be treated, but instead she was treated as a piece of property. So, we were hoping that coming out here today, we could change the conversation a little bit and have people focus a little more on the domestic worker and what she went through, and hopefully kind of push for justice to be served.”

Khobragade has reportedly been transferred to a post with India’s delegation to the United Nations.