Published Date: November 29, 2007
By Muna Al-Fuzai, Staff columnist
KUWAIT: The front lawns of the Chinese Embassy in the Al-Yarmouk residential area yesterday witnessed yet another scene of agitating Chinese workers who assembled again in the desperate hope that their demands and rights would be m…
Archive for November, 2007
Chinese laborers stage strike again
November 29th, 2007
Kuwait: Chinese workers protest, demand six months pay
November 25th, 2007
KUWAIT: Around 280 Chinese laborers held a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Yarmouk yesterday. The men were protesting against their employer and demanding that their salaries, which some hadn’t received in six months, be paid immediately. The protesting laborers were sitting and ly...
Suicide is where it all ends!
November 22nd, 2007
Abusive employers Housemaids Kuwait Suicide
Arab Times Reports: Maid Attempts suicide A 24 year old Indian Maid who tried in vain to end her life by cutting her wrist inside the bathroom of her sponsors home in Bneid Al Gar has been admitted to the Amiri Hospital, reports Alam Al Yawm daily. A case of attempted suicide has been registered aga...
Suicides become resort to relief among migrants
November 20th, 2007
Housemaids Kuwait Suicide Workers
Recently I have noticed that the suicide cases among workers and maids have been on the rise in Kuwait. There is at least one suicide case reported everyday, with a small coverage as though, it’s a one-off incident. Today, I came across 4 such reports in the Kuwait and Arab Times which I uploaded ...
Maids ‘held prisoner’ in Lebanon
November 19th, 2007
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon
Zeina Karam recently reports the following incident from Beirut: BEFORE she escaped, Chandra worked 16 hours a day, seven days a week, cooking, cleaning and running a household for a family of six in Lebanon. The only time the Sri Lankan maid was allowed to leave the home was to throw out the rubbis...
Quote of the day
November 19th, 2007
“One of the world’s largest construction booms is feeding off of workers in Dubai, but they’re treated as less than human. It’s no surprise that some workers have started rioting in protest. What’s surprising is that the government of the UAE is doing nothing to solve the problem.̶...
Striking Workers in Dire Condition
November 19th, 2007
Kuwait Times- Monday, November 19, 2007 Report by Shruti Ganpathy Kuwait- No food No amenities, no clothes only shelter. This is the story of 120 Indian workers who haven’t been paid for months. When they asked for their salaries, their employer refused. The contractors tell of previously being p...
Enhancing social protection of Bangladeshi migrants
November 18th, 2007
Reported by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights: Section 1: The Situation There are approximately 74,000 Bangladeshi workers in Bahrain, including up to 4,000 women. These workers represent 10 per cent of the total population of residents in Bahrain. Within the region, Bangladeshi workers are mainl...
Condition of Indian workers in Gulf pitiable
November 18th, 2007
Business Standard features a Q&A session with overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who discusses the recent uprising by Indian workers in Dubai: For the first time after the attack on Kuwait, things are getting worse for Indian workers in the Gulf. How worried are you about this? Just...
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