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Jordan: Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse

March 10th, 2010

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Below is the translation from Arabic of an article that appeared in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustur last month.
Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse
Amman – Al-Dustur Newspaper – Fares Al-Habashneh
13 February, 2010
Foreign housemaids in Jordan are slowly but surely beginning to raise t…

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Jordan: Bodies of Two Asian Women Found in Dumpster

January 23rd, 2010

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Jordanian police found two bodies of Asian workers in dumpster today near Amman, AFP reported. The Jordanian police spokesman Mohammad Khatib said that “police recovered the bodies of two young women of Asian appearance from a public waste bin in the Jubeiha district, north of Amman, on Friday...

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Beaten Sri Lankan domestic worker countersued by employer for child abuse

January 14th, 2010

Jordan Legal cases Women Workers

The Jordan Times reported on Thursday about a Sri Lankan domestic helper in Amman who spent 12 days in prison after her employer sued her for theft and child abuse. According to reporter Hani Hazaimeh, Ishara Hemanthi was jailed soon after a beating by her employer resulted in hospitalization. She w...

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HRW Overview of Migrant Workers Rights in the Middle East in 2009

December 20th, 2009

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) published last week a summary of the reports and research they’ve conducted over the last year on migrant rights. The end-year report highlighted the lack of protection of migrant workers in many Middle Eastern countries. In Kuwait, the report focused on the Sponsorshi...

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Op-ed in a Jordanian Daily: We Need to Appreciate Migrant Workers

December 7th, 2009

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The following is a translation of an op-ed appeared in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour this week. Labor Migrants Nazih Elqusus 5 December, 2009 Labor migrants in Jordan are divided into two categories: the first being Arab laborers who come from Egypt and Syria and most of them work in the fields of ...

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Philippine Fact-Finding Mission Calls for a Ban on Sending Maids to the Middle East

November 30th, 2009

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A three-member delegation of the Philippine House Committee on Workers Affairs visited the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan during October and found egregious violations of migrant rights in all three countries. The mission was sent following a rise in reports about cases of abuse of Filipino workers in...

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Jordan: Gravelly Ill Indonesian Maid Abandoned by Employer

September 30th, 2009

Abusive employers Housemaids Jordan

The Jordan Times recently reported about a brutal case of abuse of a 28-year-old Indonesian domestic worker in Jordan. Jordanian authorities are suspecting that the employer of the maid, who is a doctor, abandoned her near the Amman Health Directorate earlier this month. The health authorities rushe...

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Indonesia Pulls Migrant Workers out of Jordan

July 4th, 2009

General Jordan News

The Indonesian government has decided to repatriate all of its migrant workers currently in Jordan due to repeated claims of abuse and non-payment. The first batch of 24 workers out of a total of 385 were brought home on a Thai Airways flight last week. The Indonesian government plans to step up re...

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Jordan: Local companies sending foreign workers to Iraq against their will

January 27th, 2009

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This is not the first time we become aware of foreign workers in Jordan who are being illegally sent to Iraq regardless of their contracts and what they initially signed up for. Last September, we published an article by IRIN News stating the following: Companies in Jordan are accused of using the c...

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