The Institute for Global Human Rights & Law’s expose of the Classic Factory in Jordan is gaining increasing attention across media platforms. Interviews with several factory workers document the daily abuse inflicted by factory management and ignored by the Jordanian government, oversigh…
Archive for the ‘Rape’ Category
Apathy in Jordan: The Classic Fashion Factory Exposed
September 28th, 2011
Abusive employers Jordan Rape Working conditions
Horrific new story of an Indonesian worker
August 10th, 2011
Today, a story was all over news portals and twitter messages highliting a case of rape of an Indonesian worker in Abu Dhabi by two Emiratis, one of them a former policeman and the other, a woman. Rape was followed by beating the woman to death. They say their intention was not to kill her but she d...
ILO criticizes the status of domestic workers in Kuwait
July 18th, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide Women
The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas tried on the 18th of July to sum up in five lines the results of the International Labor organization meeting with Kuwaiti representatives discussing the status of workers in Kuwait. The ILO representatives said that Kuwait needs to work on protecting domestic workers ...
Domestic Workers Raped, Murdered and Commit Suicide in Kuwait
June 11th, 2011
Abusive employers Death Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide
Since the 24th of May, no updates have appeared on the case of an Ethiopian maid who has accused her sponsor of raping her. This maid, as reported by the Kuwaiti Al-Watan daily, was able to escape her sponsor’s house after he had raped her, and went to her embassy which sent her to the police ...
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: Two Maids Fail to Commit Suicide as another Gets Raped
April 15th, 2011
Reports on Asian maids getting raped and attempting suicide continue to appear on Kuwaiti newspapers. On the 7th of April, Al-Qabas Arabic daily newspaper has reported an incident of a Philippine maid that ran away from the house she works in. Her sponsor, the Kafeel, has reported her absence to the...
Kuwaiti Authorities Torture Migrant Workers to Death
March 12th, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Legal cases Rape
Two separate instances of Kuwaiti policemen and Ministry of Defense officials torturing migrant workers to death have surfaced in recent days. The first report from March 10th describes how three Kuwait sponsors and two policemen tortured to death an unidentified Asian man. The Kuwait sponsors capt...
Migrante Prepares To Meet With Filipine Vice President To Discuss OFW Woes
January 10th, 2011
Abusive employers General Housemaids Rape Working conditions
By John Leonard Monterona, regional co-ordinator, Migrante Middle East Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – A Filipino migrant rights group based in the Middle East today said it is looking forward to meet Vice President Jejomar Binay before the end of this month to discuss OFWs woes and other concerns. Jo...
The Plight of Maids in Saudi Arabia
December 15th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Rape Saudi Arabia Slavery Working conditions
Daughters and wives from poor Asian farming communities eager to become breadwinners for their families gamble by accepting a housemaid’s job. In desperation young girls barely in their teens falsify their age to meet the minimum age requirement. Recruitment agencies become willful collaborato...
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