Below is a great video interview of The Real News Network with Dr. Adam Hanieh about the historical changes that occurred within the working class of the Gulf region since the 1950s. The program also discusses the recent popular uprising in Bahrain, the tensions created by the al-Khalifa regime̵…
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Migrant Workers in the Gulf: A Historical Perspective (video)
May 16th, 2011
Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Interviews Saudi Arabia Slavery Suicide UAE
Report: 4 overseas Filipino workers held ‘hostage’ by employer
May 15th, 2011
Abusive employers General Housemaids UAE Women
15 May 2011 Group alerted the PH consulate to secure their safety A chapter of an alliance of Filipino migrants’ rights group providing assistance to distress overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said yesterday it received report of alleged abduction of four OFW-domes...
Lebanon: One more Ethiopian Domestic Worker Presumably Commits Suicide
May 10th, 2011
Death Housemaids Lebanon Suicide
The Lebanese National News Agency reported on May 9 2011 the presumed suicide of an Ethiopian domestic worker, who was found dead in the bathroom of her employer’s office in Antelias, North of Beirut. She presumably hung herself, according to the news brief. She was taken to Abu Jawdeh hospita...
Kuwait: Maids Raped and Beaten, Others Commit Suicide
May 8th, 2011
Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide
If you keep an eye on Kuwaiti newspapers, you will reach the conclusion that at least two maids try to commit suicide every week, beside those of them who get raped, beaten, humiliated, or mistreated. On the 27th of April, the Al-Watan Arabic Newspaper reported that a Philippine maid was found on th...
Kuwait: Escape attempts end with death
April 24th, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Suicide
The sad Kuwaiti film keeps repeating itself with maids trying to commit suicide or run away from the houses where they get mistreated, humiliated, abused, or harassed. On the 22th of April, Al-Watan Arabic daily newspaper reported that a Philippine maid tried to escape using a robe from the third f...
Report: ‘Suicide’ of Pinay-DH in Lebanon
April 24th, 2011
April 24, 2011 Migrant rights group urges PH govt. to investigate, seeks justice An officer of a Filipino migrants’ rights group in the Middle East, said he had received information from fellow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon about a reported death of a Filipina domestic helper. John L...
Filipino “suicide” by hanging in Lebanon
April 19th, 2011
The Lebanese National News Agency reported today the death by hanging of Filipino domestic worker Maritis Penno on the balcony of her employer’s house in Hasbaya, South Lebanon. Internal Security Forces, criminal investigators, and a doctor, Ahmad Daher, examined the body and the house, and co...
UAE: Maid arrested after escaping abuse, set to be deported
April 12th, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Prisoners Slavery Sponsorship UAE
A Filipino maid whose employers refused to let her resign after overworking and mentally abusing her for three years, has been taken to the Al Wasl immigration holding prison in Dubai and is set to be deported, the Emirati 7 Days paper reported today. The maid, a mother of-one, has attempted to resi...
Saudi “Justice”: Maid Torturer Acquitted
April 5th, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Legal cases Saudi Arabia
The horrific case of abuse of 23-year-old Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa by her Saudi sponsor once again illustrates the injustice inherent in Saudi Arabia’s justice system. In January, Sumiati’s woman employer was sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing, beating and burning Sumiati...
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