The UAE has rejected more human rights suggestions put forward by the United Nations as part of the country’s Universal Periodic Review, including a number which specifically concern the treatment of migrant workers. Anwar Mohammed Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, appeared …
Archive for March, 2009
Bahraini Lawyer Dismisses Rape of Asian Migrant as ‘Fun’
March 9th, 2009
A young Filipina working in Bahrain is struggling for justice after her kidnap and rape by three local men was dismissed by a lawyer as an act of ‘fun’, according to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR). As a recent release from BCHR to co-incide with International Women’s Da...
Bahrain Labour Camp Upgrade Efforts Stall
March 3rd, 2009
Efforts made by Bahrain’s Migrant Workers’ Protection Society (MWPS) to improve conditions in labour camps have stalled due to the unwillingness of owners to co-operate, reports Geoffrey Bew in Gulf Daily News. The MWPS had pledged in August ‘08 to spend BD5000 (US$13,263) on a s...
Overcrowding in Dubai Labour Camps
March 3rd, 2009
General News UAE Working conditions
Construction companies in the UAE have been issued a warning by the Ministry of Labour over labour camp overcrowding, after recent inspections showed that some firms had crammed over 40% more workers into camps in an attempt to cut costs. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with private companie...
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