Human Rights Watch has called on a Saudi court to reverse a decision to drop charges against a couple who severely beat their Indonesian maid.
The judge awarded a mere $670 compensation to Nour Miyati, who was tied up by her employers and left in a cellar for a month in 2005. The 25 year old woman …
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Saudi Maid Verdict ‘Outrageous’: HRW
August 28th, 2010
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On the Globe & Mail’s Optimistic Report about Migrant Rights in the Gulf
August 10th, 2010
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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...
Lebanese Center for Human Rights appeals for the release of Young Indian at Risk of Death
July 15th, 2010
Today, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (LCHR) issued an urgent appeal calling for the release of Sany Kumar, a young Indian held in Roumieh for illegal entry in Lebanon. Sany is in danger of death. According to the LCHR, “having had a scooter accident, he was hospitalized two months ago,...
Israeli Arrested for Imprisoning Two Domestic Workers
June 12th, 2010
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Israeli police arrested a 51-year-old woman living in Jerusalem and freed two domestic workers who were imprisoned in her home this Friday. The woman is suspected of smuggling into the country the two women to nurse her father a few months ago. The women were forced to work around the clock caring f...
Rights Group Urges ILO to Bring Out Guidelines for Domestic Workers
June 12th, 2010
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Migrants Forum Asia has called on the ILO to set specific guide lines for domestic workers. The majority of Asia’s 60 million migrant workers are women, and many of them work as housemaids and nannies. MFA believes that existing international conventions do not adequately protect their right...
Nightmare Continues for Family of Saudi Death Row OFW
May 29th, 2010
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The family of Joselito Zapanta, a Filipino migrant worker on death row in Saudi Arabia, are trying to raise ‘blood money’ to save their son’s life, since they are not satisfied with the legal aid that the government is providing (see full story here and here) “I have spoken wit...
OFW Severely Beaten on Death Row in Saudi Arabia
May 23rd, 2010
Migrante-Middle East, a rights group representing Overseas Filippino Workers (OFWs) has called for an investigation following reports that a Philippine national was severely beaten on death row in a jail in Riyadh. According to this article in The Enquirer: Migrante-Middle East (ME) said the famil...
Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East: Exploited, Abused and Ignored
April 30th, 2010
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A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the rights of migrant domestic workers focused heavily on the Middle East, and for a good reason: most regional governments do not include domestic workers under the protection of its labor laws, and the current regulations leave domestic workers open to e...
Kuwaiti police stands idly by as a sponsor beats his worker
April 24th, 2010
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A Kuwaiti sponsor was seen beating his Asian worker with an iron rod near the Indian Embassy in Kuwait City as the police did nothing to stop him, the Arab Times reported this week. The worker went to the embassy to seek protection from his abusive sponsor, but did not reach his destination when his...
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