The Nepali government has had some difficult lessons to learn from the crises in Libya and Japan. A lack of reliable data proved a major stumbling block in its attempts help stranded citizens in recent weeks, and the Ministry of …
Posted in Libya, Women, Workers | Leave a commentCrowds gathered around the Burj al Khalifa tower earlier today to watch French ‘spiderman’ Alain Robert scale the world’s tallest building. The free-climber, notorious for climbing Petronas Towers and the Empire State building with no ropes, wore a harness on …
Posted in General, Gulf, UAE, Workers | 3 CommentsSaudi Arabia has informed the Philippine government that it will stop hiring domestic workers from that country. The move by Saudi Arabia follows the passing of a new law in the Philippines that requires the Philippine government to ensure that …
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Workers | 1 CommentA Saudi sponsor is preventing the release of the body of Indian worker who committed suicide seven months ago, demanding $45,000 from the family of the deceased who remains unburied. The Saudi daily Arab News reported last week about the …
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Suicide, Workers | Leave a commentSouthasian migrant workers have been the targets of a number of violent attacks by anti-government protestors in Bahrain in recent weeks. 40 workers have been attacked in recent weeks, and three remain in a critical condition in hospital, according to …
Posted in Bahrain, Workers | Leave a commentThe following is the excerpt on migrant domestic workers from the submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for Syria’s session of the Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council. The submission is on Economic …
Posted in Housemaids, Syria | Leave a commentLebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today that the body of Sri Lankan domestic worker, Manaka Brinjani, was found in Baabdat two days ago. The death was caused by the fall from from a high rise building. The security bulletin said that …
Posted in Death, Housemaids, Lebanon, Recruitment Agencies, Suicide | Leave a commentNicolai Ouroussoff writes in The New York Times: A group of more than 130 artists, including many prominent figures in the Middle Eastern art world, says it will boycott the $800 million Guggenheim museum being built in Abu Dhabi, the …
Posted in General | Leave a commentAn article by Nepali journalist Deepak Adhikari on Nepali migrant workers stranded in Libya, re-posted with permission. Adhikari writes for The Kathmandu Post, and has written frequently about labour migration issue. You can see read his personal blog here. Trapped …
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