This post was contributed by Kashfia Rahman, a Bangladeshi activist:
Saudi Arabia and other parts of the world have neglected and mistreated migrant workers without being given the basic human rights.
Around 90,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers live and work in Bahrain, 10 per cent of the total popul…
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The plight of Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Gulf
March 2nd, 2010
400 Migrant Workers Strike in Bahrain due to Unpaid Wages
February 28th, 2010
Nearly 400 workers employed in the company in charge of building the Isa Town flyover have gone unpaid for the last three months, the Gulf Daily News reported this week. Last Wednesday (February 24), the workers who are employed by the Korean company Sungwon protested in front of the Bahraini Labour...
Bahrain: Two Asian Men Arrested for Rape of an Indonesian Maid
February 23rd, 2010
Bahraini security officials have detained two Asian men in connection with the alleged gang rape of an Indonesian housemaid. Officials from the Interior Ministry announced that two expatriates were arrested and further confirmed that not nine men raped the women according to earlier reports. Accordi...
Rights Groups Issue a Statement on Suicides of Migrant Workers in Bahrain
February 21st, 2010
Below is a statement by the Bahraini Center for Human Rights and CARAM Asia about the wave of suicides by migrant workers in Bahrain. The suffering of migrant workers must be addressed before they reach the point of suicide CARAM ASIA & Bahrain Center for Human rights February- 2010 The shockin...
The Gulf Daily News Publishes our Ad!
February 16th, 2010
We are pleased to share with you the news that our ad for Migrant-Rights.org was featured in today’s Gulf Daily News. This is the most circulated English paper in Bahrain and widely read in several other Gulf countries. We would like to express our deep gratitude to the Gulf Daily News for pub...
Rise in Suicide of Migrant Workers in Bahrain
February 9th, 2010
The Gulf Daily News reported last week about a growing number of suicides by migrant workers in Bahrain compared to previous years. Only last month, four workers have committed suicide: two Ethiopian maids and two Indian workers (the latter are mentioned in the report). Alfredo D’Souza, found...
New HRW Report Slams Gulf States for Migrant Abuses
January 26th, 2010
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Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2010 is out now, and strongly condemns the Gulf states for failing to protect the rights of Migrant Workers. The full report is available here. The HRW report raises the issues of passport confiscation, abuses of domestic workers and bans on trade unions as ke...
Indian Worker Kidnapped, Tortured and Starved by his Bahraini Sponsor
January 21st, 2010
A Bahraini sponsor is suspected of kidnapping and torturing his runaway worker, the Gulf Daily News reported last week. The Indian worker, K. T. Najeeb, 44, ran away from his sponsor four years ago because he was not receiving salaries, and since then was doing odd jobs to make ends meet. On January...
Indian worker burns himself alive in the third suicide by migrant workers in Bahrain in a week
January 21st, 2010
An Indian worker set himself on fire at a labor camp in Bahrain, the Gulf Daily News reported this week. The man, Suresh Ravi, 22, locked himself in a room and then poured gasoline on himself and set himself on fire. He was found with burns covering his entire body in a room that was completely dest...
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