An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) has been in jail for twelve long years in a Bahrain prison after the court sentenced him of unpremeditated murder. Now he is pleading for government assistance to avail the host countries’ yearly Royal pardon, according to Migrante-Middle East (M-ME), a migrant ri…
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12 years in prison, OFW seeks govt. help to avail Royal pardon
February 1st, 2012
Bahrain General Prison Prisoners
OFW group to Aquino govt: Go slow in peddling OFWs in MENA amid unstable situation; presses jobs creation at home
February 1st, 2012
Noting the peace and order in some Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are still volatile amid on-going protests, clashes between government forces and dissenters, and sporadic bombing incidents, a Filipino migrants rights group today calls on the Aquino III administration to rethink its massive and...
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 ...
Israel passes indefinite detention bill
January 15th, 2012
Deportation General Israel Legislation Prison
Israel’s parliament passed an incredibly controversial law last week that permits the unlimited, indefinite detention of migrants. The law amends a 1954 statute pertaining to guerrilla fighters penetrating the Israeli-Egyptian border. By sactioning the same wartime punishment against alleged terro...
Snail-paced repatriation of OFWs in Syria hit; PH govt. urged ‘to draw evacuation and repatriation lessons’ from MENA upheavals
December 27th, 2011
A Filipino migrants’ rights group today scored the Philippine government for what it says a ‘snail-paced repatriation of OFWs’ since the conflict escalated in Syria early this year. Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator and Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan (KGS – Brotherhood in the Middle E...
Religion and Migrant Rights
December 11th, 2011
Religion is a powerful force in the Middle East, one that can and should be harnessed to promulgate the rights of non-citizens. Religion need not be abused as a tool of social engineering, but can rather be resourced for its pre-existing ethical and social framework; religion can bind leaders, activ...
Ex-Gaddafi maid healthier, happier in Malta
November 26th, 2011
A new interview shows a much healthier Shewyga Mullah receiving treatment in Malta. CNN documented Shewyga’s condition in late August, after revolutionary fighters discovered the tortured maid in Hannibal Gaddafi’s house. Hannibal’s wife, Lebanese model Aline Skaf, poured boiling water o...
“Workers Emirates”
November 21st, 2011
Last week, CNN featured a collection of photography illuminating the ‘ghost’-like existence of migrant workers in the UAE. Photographer Philippe Chancel calls these cheap laborers “new slaves,” who underpin the Gulf’s hyper-development yet remain marginalized by society. His photog...
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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