A Filipino maid who was abused by her employer will testify before a court in Ajman, UAE in two weeks, the National Newspaper reported today.
According to the report, the 25-year-old maid, Marilyn Vinluan, was repeatedly slapped, kicked and beaten with an electrical wire by her female employer, whil…
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Abusive Employer to be Tried in the UAE
December 25th, 2009
Abusive employers Housemaids Legal cases Slavery UAE
HRW Overview of Migrant Workers Rights in the Middle East in 2009
December 20th, 2009
Egypt Housemaids Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Legislation Saudi Arabia Sponsorship Suicide UAE
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published last week a summary of the reports and research they’ve conducted over the last year on migrant rights. The end-year report highlighted the lack of protection of migrant workers in many Middle Eastern countries. In Kuwait, the report focused on the Sponsorshi...
Sri Lankan Maid Commits Suicide in Kuwait
December 17th, 2009
A 26-year-old Sri Lankan maid was found dead Monday night, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Jarida reported today. The woman hung herself in a house in Meedan Hawalli, Kuwait. According to a security official, the employer of the maid withheld her salaries for many months. The authorities found a recent letter ...
Indonesian Maid Attempts Suicide in Saudi Arabia
December 15th, 2009
Housemaids Saudi Arabia Suicide
The Saudi edition of the Pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported today about the case of an Indonesian maid who was planning to commit suicide in Medina. The maid who is in her 20s, climbed to the fourth floor of an apartment building in northern Medina and threatened to jump. She agreed to step down after...
Abused Maid Returns from Bahrain; No Charges Brought Against Sponsor Yet (UPDATED)
December 12th, 2009
Abusive employers Bahrain Housemaids
We’ve previously reported about the case of Lakshmi Surampudi, an Indian woman who had worked as a maid in Bahrain. She was abused for years and found malnourished and almost blind after fleeing her sponsor. She was forced to sleep on a towel on the floor, and was “regularly hit, kicked, st...
Kuwait’s Parliament to Vote on a New Labor Law that Grants Migrant Workers More Rights
December 5th, 2009
Kuwait Legislation Sponsorship
Kuwait’s parliament is expected to vote this week on a new labor law for the private sector. The draft of the law significantly increases the rights of most migrant workers in Kuwait. It included limiting the working hours of workers to 40 per week, prolonging maternity leaves and vacations, a...
89 OFWs Awaiting Repatriation from Saudi
December 3rd, 2009
Abusive employers General Saudi Arabia Workers
89 Philippine nationals are waiting to be repatriated from Riyadh, Saudi, after quitting their jobs with a Saudi company due to labour malpractices, according to this article in The Enquirer. Their employer, Annabasan Co., reportedly withheld wages and cut payment illegally. The employees were also ...
Migrants Sue Qatari Employer for Holding Passports
December 3rd, 2009
A group of migrant workers in Qatar has taken out a lawsuit against their employer for illegally retaining their passports, according to this story in The Peninsula. The workers repeatedly asked their employer to hand over their passports, which they needed to carry out transactions in Qatar. Howev...
Nepal Struggling to Prevent Trafficking of Women to the Gulf
November 30th, 2009
Abusive employers Gulf Housemaids Kuwait Slavery Trafficking UAE
The UN’s IRIN News recently published a report about the difficulties Nepal’s government is having with preventing its women from traveling to the Gulf to work there in the domestic labor sector. According to Nepali activists, there is a growing problem of trafficking of women to the Gul...
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