August 4th, 2011
* This piece is a guest post from Junaid and presents his personal experiences in Saudi Arabia. *
Abdul Rahman is a Bangladeshi national in his mid-forties. He sells Miswaak in front of my mosque. It is a very common practice here in Saudi Arabia, where labourers do several day jobs to earn decent …
July 28th, 2011
Ten overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were told to believe by a recruitment agent that they will work as fishermen only to find out, upon arrival to Saudi Arabia, there are no such jobs waiting for them, according to Migrante-Middle East, an alliance of Filipino migrants group providing assistance to...
June 14th, 2011
Legal cases Prison Prisoners Saudi Arabia
Migrante-Middle East, an alliance of Filipino migrants rights providing assistance to distress, run away, stranded and jailed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) today said it lauded the plan by the Saudi government in crafting alternative punishments for crime offenders. Citing local reports, Migrante...
May 16th, 2011
Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Interviews Saudi Arabia Slavery Suicide UAE
Below is a great video interview of The Real News Network with Dr. Adam Hanieh about the historical changes that occurred within the working class of the Gulf region since the 1950s. The program also discusses the recent popular uprising in Bahrain, the tensions created by the al-Khalifa regime̵...
April 28th, 2011
28 April 2011 A Filipino migrant rights group in Saudi Arabia, Migrante-Saudi Arabia, today urges all overstaying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to avail the Saudi government amnesty for all overstaying non-nationals in the oil-rich Kingdom. Mario Ben, chairperson of Migrante in Saudi Arabia, said...
April 5th, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Legal cases Saudi Arabia
The horrific case of abuse of 23-year-old Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa by her Saudi sponsor once again illustrates the injustice inherent in Saudi Arabia’s justice system. In January, Sumiati’s woman employer was sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing, beating and burning Sumiati...
April 1st, 2011
Abusive employers Death Housemaids Saudi Arabia
Two Saudi women have been accused of beating their Indonesian housemaid to death, according to reports from Indonesian consular staff. An autopsy showed that 37-year old Darwasih Udin had sustained severe injuries to her head and other parts of her body. Two of her employers are currently being held...
March 29th, 2011
Saudi Arabia has informed the Philippine government that it will stop hiring domestic workers from that country. The move by Saudi Arabia follows the passing of a new law in the Philippines that requires the Philippine government to ensure that all countries Filipinos are deployed to protect migran...
March 28th, 2011
A Saudi sponsor is preventing the release of the body of Indian worker who committed suicide seven months ago, demanding $45,000 from the family of the deceased who remains unburied. The Saudi daily Arab News reported last week about the case of a Saudi sponsor who has been withholding his consent f...
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