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Interview with Kesang Tseten, maker of ‘In Search of the Riyal’

April 26th, 2010

Gulf Interviews Kuwait Qatar Working conditions

Kesang Tseten is a film maker based in Kathmandu who has worked on a number of projects documenting the lives of Nepali workers in the Gulf. He is currently working on Saving Dolma, a documentary about migrant workers in Kuwait. Kesang met with Migrant Rights editor Sophia Furber in Kathmandu to dis…

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Disturbing Article in Qatar’s “The Peninsula” Describes Maids as Lazy Liars

March 11th, 2010

Housemaids Qatar Racism

The Peninsula, self-proclaimed as “Qatar’s leading English daily” published a report today about domestic workers in the emirate. The article, titled “Finding housemaids not an easy job” refers to foreign maids as expensive commodities and describes them as lazy liars. ...

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The Invisible Majority – Female Migrant Workers

February 3rd, 2010

Abusive employers Housemaids Qatar Rape Suicide

by Khara J Jabola-Carolus for Migrant-Rights.org One of the last (two) countries where divorce is illegal and where the ruling Catholic elite maintains a staunch anti-reproductive rights stance, the island nation of the Philippines boasts a staggering population of 90 million people and (exponential...

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Qatar a ‘Death Trap’ for Nepali Migrants

January 16th, 2010

Gulf Qatar Workers

Around 217 Nepali migrant workers lost their lives in Qatar in 2009, according to Nepali Ambassador Surya Nath Mishra. The rapidly-developing Gulf state has long been a favoured destination for Nepali migrant workers, many of whom are employed on construction sites. Cardiac arrest has been named as ...

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Migrants Sue Qatari Employer for Holding Passports

December 3rd, 2009

Legal cases News Qatar

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...

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Racist Cartoon: Gulf Times Publishes Complaint Letters

November 26th, 2009

Housemaids News Qatar Racism

Qatari Paper The Gulf Times has published a selection of complaint letters on yesterday’s Opinion page about a racist cartoon depicting an Asian maid as a ‘child killer’ in Tuesday’s edition. Here is what concerned readers and migrant rights activists had to say: Human rig...

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Leading Qatari paper prints a racist anti-migrants cartoon

November 22nd, 2009

Housemaids Qatar Racism

The Gulf Times, Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspapers published the following racist cartoon in today’s edition. Instead of portraying maids as the defenseless victims of abuse, which they too often are, they are shown a child-killers. This cartoon is a manifestation of the preval...

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Qatari Company Fires 529 Nepalis – and Fails to Pay Wages

September 14th, 2009

General News Qatar

A Qatari construction company has fired 529 Nepali workers after running into financial difficulties caused by the global recession, according to this article in Nepalnews. The labourers, recruited in Kathmandu through Nepali brokers Trikon Manpower, had not been paid for four months. Pensaltica, th...

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24 Nepalis die in ‘unnatural’ circumstances in Qatar

July 4th, 2009

Gulf Qatar

The past month has seen an unprecedented number of deaths among Qatar’s population of Nepali workers, according to the Nepali embassy in Qatar. 24 Nepali men died between May 1st and June 5th this year as a result of health problems, suicides and work accidents. According to a report by Nepal...

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