A housemaid has been murdered in yet another horrific but common case (another incident is this one in Kuwait). Earlier today the following report was published on Arab News:
Couple arrested for torturing maid to death
JUBAIL: A 28-year-old maid described only as “Asian” was beaten to death by h…
Archive for August, 2009
Asian Maid Tortured to Death in Saudi-Arabia by her Sponsor
August 28th, 2009
Abusive employers Housemaids News Saudi Arabia Sponsorship
Kuwaiti Woman Kills Nepali Housemaid with Bathroom Tile
August 19th, 2009
General Housemaids Kuwait News
A Nepali housemaid is reported to have died after her Kuwaiti employer hit her on the head with a bathroom tile, according to this report from Nepali media house Kantipur. Investigations show that the Nepali woman had started work as a housemaid just one month before the attack. The Kuwaiti woman i...
Kuwait Makes Baby Steps to Reform Sponsorship System
August 9th, 2009
Gulf Interviews Kuwait Sponsorship
The Al Watan Daily, Arab Times and Kuwait Times newspapers are reporting that Kuwait’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor is making small moves towards the abolishment of the “kafeel” sponsorship system, beginning with allowing expatriot workers in the private sector to transfer ...
Bahrain: Detergent abuse ordeal for maid
August 8th, 2009
Abusive employers Bahrain Housemaids
This horrific yet uncommon story has been published recently on Gulf Daily News, Bahrain’s leading English daily. Please be aware that such abusive employers often go unpunished. A HOUSEMAID has taken refuge at a government shelter after her sponsor allegedly scrubbed her face with a detergent...
Bahrain Wife Reports Husband For Not Paying Maid
August 8th, 2009
This rather unusual story appeared in the Gulf Daily News last month. A Bahraini teacher and mother-of-six reported her husband to the authorities for failing to pay the family’s Sri Lankan maid for 20 months. The wife claimed that she could no longer stand the hypocrisy of spending her worki...
7 Pakistani worker starve to death during attempt to reach Dubai
August 4th, 2009
A Pakistani official reported to AFP that at least seven Pakistani nationals and one Iranian sailor died during a failed attempt by the Pakistanis to reach Dubai. The four survivors for the group of 12 Pakistanis reported that they crossed by land to Iran, from where the human-traffickers were suppo...
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