We have created this PSA animation to note that for far too long, migrant workers have been an invisible majority in the Middle East. They are rarely discussed in the media and receive little protection from the governments of host …
Posted in Abusive employers, Gulf, MR Site, Slavery, Videos | Leave a commentCLDH (Lebanese Center for Human Rights) held last Thursday a sit-in in solidarity with arbitrarily detained refugees in front of the underground retention center of the General Security in Adlieh (Beirut). This sit-in, which CLDH urgently called for given the …
Posted in Lebanon, Prison, Videos | Leave a commentHimal Southasian, a regional journal, has carried a story on suicides of migrant women in its online edition, written by Sophia, our Nepal-based editor. You can read the full story here, and also see some clips from Kesang Tseten’s work-in-progress …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Lebanon, Suicide, Videos, Women | Leave a commentProtesters 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 demonstrated outside …
Posted in Lebanon, Prison, Prisoners, Videos | Leave a commentThe Israeli worker rights NGO Kav LaOved (Hotline for the Worker) recently launched a campaign to highlight the plight of migrant workers in Israel. The NGO used the hype around the third season of Israeli Survivor, which takes place in …
Posted in Abusive employers, Israel, Videos | 1 CommentAl Jazeera English recently showed a report about the impact of the financial crisis in the Gulf on Indian migrant workers. Many of the people interviewed have lost their jobs and some are on forced leaves. According to a recent …
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