“I still cannot believe that I am out of this ordeal that I have undergone for the past 10 years,” said Anista Marie, 40, who since 1999 hasn’t received her salary. Marie called up Arab News a little over 3 …
Posted in Abusive employers, Gulf, Housemaids, News, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Sponsorship | Leave a commentNative land a frightening thought Noor Mohamed, Bahrain Tribune It was in 1990 when he landed in Bahrain. Even before the Gulf war. And though he dreams of his home city Mumbai he has not turned his footsteps homeward. Another …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Sponsorship, Workers | Leave a commentCondition grounded, but determined to fly home K. V. S. Madhav, Bahrain Tribune He dreads the very thought of darkness engulfing him forever, a ribbon of black stretched to the point of no turning back. He sits there, eyes lowered, …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Sponsorship, Workers | Leave a commentThe Migrant Workers Protection Society in Bahrain has prepared an important report entitled “Migrant Workers in Bahrain & the Policies of Emigration Countries.” Some important sections are highlighted below, but the entire report can be downloaded by clicking here. The …
Posted in Abusive employers, Bahrain, Gulf, Slavery, Sponsorship | 1 Commentby Yaman Salahi Sushar Rosky, born 1987, hangs from the balcony of the apartment in which she worked as a maid for only 20 days in Sidon, Lebanon. She hung herself with bits of clothe carefully tied together in 2005. …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Lebanon, Racism, Slavery, Sponsorship, Women, Workers, Working conditions | 6 CommentsManama, Bahrain FIVE Asian labourers were injured, two of them seriously, when the open truck they were travelling in to work overturned early yesterday. The incident happened when the driver tried to avoid a Saudi-registered car, which allegedly changed lanes …
Posted in Abusive employers, Bahrain, News, Sponsorship, Workers, Working conditions | 1 CommentSomewhere in Jizan, located in the southern region of Saudi Arabia, a maid died in a hospital after being brought there by her sponsor, whose wife had assaulted her. One thing pops into my mind: slavery. Not generalizing, I would …
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