Reports on Asian maids getting raped and attempting suicide continue to appear on Kuwaiti newspapers. On the 7th of April, Al-Qabas Arabic daily newspaper has reported an incident of a Philippine maid that ran away from the house she works in. Her sponsor, the Kafeel, has reported her absence to the…
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Kuwait: Two Maids Fail to Commit Suicide as another Gets Raped
April 15th, 2011
Kuwaiti Authorities Torture Migrant Workers to Death
March 12th, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Legal cases Rape
Two separate instances of Kuwaiti policemen and Ministry of Defense officials torturing migrant workers to death have surfaced in recent days. The first report from March 10th describes how three Kuwait sponsors and two policemen tortured to death an unidentified Asian man. The Kuwait sponsors capt...
Sri-Lankan Maids in Kuwait and Jordan Tortured with Nails
November 15th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Jordan Kuwait Saudi Arabia
In the last couple of days two reports have come out from Amman and Kuwait about Sri-Lankan maids who were tortured using nails. A similar case we reported in August involved Ariyawathie, a Sri-Lankan maid who had over 20 nails inserted into her by her Saudi employers. In the Kuwaiti case, V. R. Let...
Filipina domestic helper in Kuwait seeks help via SMS
October 26th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Kuwait
“Sir john please help me naka-kulong ako d2 sa rooftop ng bahay ng amo ko; ayaw nila ako i-return sa agency, wala ako kain dito please kunin nyo ako dito (Sir john please help me; I am locked up at the roof top of my employer’s house. They don’t want me to return to my agency; I haven’t eat ...
Kuwait, Syria not safe for Overseas Filipino domestic workers, says migrant group
October 15th, 2010
Reacting on the claim of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that Kuwait and Syria are among those countries considered “safe” work destinations for OFWs, an alliance of Filipino migrant rights group express its disagreement saying the RP government is “blinded by its own labor ...
Human Rights Watch Report on Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers Through Kuwait’s Sponsorship System
October 13th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Kuwait
This certainly makes for an interesting read: “This 97-page report describes how workers become trapped in exploitative or abusive employment then face criminal penalties for leaving a job without the employer’s permission. Government authorities arrest workers reported as “absconding” a...
Almost every two days a migrant worker commits suicide in Kuwait
October 5th, 2010
Over the months of August and September, migrant workers in Kuwait continued to commit suicide at an alarming rate. Over this two-months period, 27 migrant workers have attempted to end their life or succeeded in doing so. This is an increase from 23 suicides and suicide attempts in the two months p...
On the Globe & Mail’s Optimistic Report about Migrant Rights in the Gulf
August 10th, 2010
Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Kuwait Legislation Sponsorship
The Globe and Mail published a report today about migrant rights in the Gulf region. While we welcome the attention the issue of migrant workers’ rights received by such a widely-read publication, it is important to challenge the narrative of the story that attempts to show how attitudes towar...
The Media Line covers our report on suicides of migrants in Kuwait
August 5th, 2010
The Media Line (TML), a non-for-profit media organization reporting on the Middle East, reported today about our recent report on suicides of migrant workers in Kuwait over the months of June and July. TML approached experts from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Kuwait University to co...
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