Protesters rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center / The Daily Star
Lebanon must immediately close a “disgraceful” retention center where refugees and migrants are held arbitrarily in appalling conditions, activists demanded Sunday.
Braving heavy rain, around 60 people demonstr…
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Lebanese rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center
March 1st, 2010
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1800 Filipinos Languish in Saudi Jails
February 17th, 2010
There are 1800 Filipinos in jail in Saudi Arabia, many of whom have been imprisoned for petty crimes such as drinking alcohol or attending ‘mixed gatherings’, which the government prohibits (See full story here) The King of Saudi Arabia gave a pardon on Dec 11th last year for foreign wor...
Raped Filipino Worker Faces Lashing after Miscarriage in Saudi Prison
January 20th, 2010
Prisoners Rape Saudi Arabia Women
GMA News TV (Philippines) reported today about an alarming development in the case of a Filipino worker who was raped in Saudi-Arabia this August and jailed for it. After miscarrying the fetus, the woman now faces lashing before being released. As we’ve previously reported, the woman who worke...
Abusive Saudi Employer Keeps his Filipino Driver in Jail
November 28th, 2009
Abusive employers News Prisoners Saudi Arabia
We have received alarming news about a Filipino man who is currently jailed in Saudi Arabia after suffering months of abuse from his employer while working without pay. The man’s employer is not making any attempts to help his worker, trying to extort money from him. The man, R. M. (full name ...
Family of Condemmed Filipina (Marilou Ronario) seeks help
November 7th, 2007
Housemaids Kuwait Legal cases Prisoners
Kuwait times – Wednesday November 7, 2007 The family of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti Court is calling on President Macapagal Arroyo for more help. Rosario Ranario, father of Marilou Ranario said more government help was needed not that the Kuwaiti Supreme ...
Stranded prisoners attempt suicide
May 13th, 2007
Gulf Daily News reports about a suicide attempt by 2 men, one Sri Lankan and the other Indian, who have spent approximately 2 years in Bahrain’s deportation centre. Excerpt of the article: Around 10 hours before the apparent attempted suicides, one prisoner told the GDN a group of six men wer...
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