Next Sunday (February 28th), a protest will be held in front of the General Security Retention Center in Adlieh, Beirut to demand the closing down of the center. Among others, the retention center holds refugees and migrant workers in an …
Posted in Lebanon, Prison | 3 CommentsUPDATE: UNHCR has accepted to take Yousra to her own shelters after she refused, according to her lawyer, to go back to Caritas shelters, pending a permanent solution. Caritas is held a conference on Tuesday and issued a press release …
Posted in Lebanon, Prison | Leave a commentOn December 1st, Ziad Baroud, Lebanon’s Minister of Interior, informed the ambassadors of Philippine, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka that his ministry will be taking steps towards the protection of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. Such steps include moving the General …
Posted in Housemaids, Lebanon, Legislation, Prison | Leave a commentThe Philipino Star reported today that a Filipino janitor has been detained in Hafer Al Baten Central Jail in Saudi Arabia for the last month for having an illicit relationship with a Bangladeshi co-worker. According to the 35-year-old woman, however, …
Posted in Prison, Rape, Saudi Arabia | 3 CommentsThe New Nation, a Bangladeshi papers, recently published a story about the conditions of Nepalese housemaids in the Gulf. The article features the stories of two women who worked in Saudi Arabia as maids. Because of reports of inhuman treatment …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Prison, Rape, Saudi Arabia, Slavery | 6 CommentsAccording to Arab News, a middle-aged Filipino woman was beaten up because she refused to be a maid/slave: Officials at the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah yesterday said Myrna Salvador was admitted to Dr. Baksh Hospital in the Mina district …
Posted in Abusive employers, Prison, Saudi Arabia | Leave a commentA young housemaid has recently been arrested and sent to prison for asking permission to get married (a brief explanation is provided below, after the published news article.) From today’s GDN: A WEDDING proposal landed a teenage housemaid behind bars …
Posted in Abusive employers, Bahrain, Gulf, Housemaids, Prison, Women | 2 Comments