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Brighter future ahead for OFW domestic workers in Saudi?

January 27th, 2012

Housemaids Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on domestic workers from the Philippines, which the Kingdom had imposed since since July. The ban followed the Philippines’ demands for domestic worker protections, prompted by widespread discontent voiced by Filipino citizens and NGOs.
After months of negotiat…

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Reversing the blame in Saudi: another case of irresponsible media

January 24th, 2012

Gulf Housemaids Recruitment Agencies Saudi Arabia Spotlight Workers

Employment agencies, travel brokers, and other middlemen are far from innocent, praying on prospective migrants and employers alike. But the recent piece featured on Arab News seems to victimize employers – Saudis – alone, even suggesting that much of Saudi’s own reputation for human r...

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More Indonesian migrants escape death penalty in Saudi

January 18th, 2012

General Legal cases Saudi Arabia Women

In what appears to be another last-minute success story from Indonesia’s migrant worker task force, two women have been granted reprieve from death row. One woman had been accused of practicing witchcraft, while the other was convicted of murdering her employer’s young child. Both women are ...

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Three Indonesian migrants saved from death penalty

January 1st, 2012

Legal cases Saudi Arabia

Three Indonesian housemaids have been granted a stay of execution in Saudi Arabia. The Migrant Worker Task Force, an Indonesian agency empowered to deal with death sentences in Saudi, accompanied one released woman to Jakarta yesterday. The remaining migrants will return to Indonesia within two we...

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Indonesia attempts to secure reprieve for Tuti Tursilawati

December 26th, 2011

Abusive employers Prisoners Saudi Arabia

Tuti Tursilawati, 27, is an Indonesian migrant on death row. Her story is like many others: left to wander the parameters of Saudi Arabia’s discriminatory judicial system with sporadic aid from her own government, she agonizingly awaits to hear her fate: last-minute amnesty or execution via d...

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All Eyes on Rizana Nafeek

November 16th, 2011

General Legal cases Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is set to behead another migrant worker unless Sri Lanka can persuade authorities to grant Rizana Nafeek amnesty. Media outlets worldwide are monitoring the story closely as part of the mounting attention Saudi’s policies have received since the June execution of Ruyati Binti Sapubi. ...

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Indonesia reevaluates bans, Saudi Arabia & related policies

November 14th, 2011

Saudi Arabia Workers

The Philippine’s 41-country ban (and subsequent deferral) made a splash last week, sparking discourse among different government agencies, migrants, and activist organizations. Though critics deemed the measures superficial, the sheer number of countries blacklisted have invigorated demands for mo...

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Saudi Limits Remittances

October 27th, 2011

General Saudi Arabia Workers

Saudi Arabia announced recently that it will limit the income migrant workers are permitted to send home. The Labour Minister stated the new “Salary Protection Program” will prevent the ‘exodus’ of wealth leaving the nation in the form of remittances. He did not specify the p...

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Beheaded Bangladeshi Migrants Victims of Saudi Legal System

October 14th, 2011

General Legal cases Saudi Arabia

The dangers migrants face in foreign legal systems was touched upon briefly in our previous article spotlighting the impetus behind travel bans. The marginal legal rights migrants possess are further compromised once they commit a crime; the moment a migrant becomes a suspect, causal mistreatment th...

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