Bahraini security officials have detained two Asian men in connection with the alleged gang rape of an Indonesian housemaid.
Officials from the Interior Ministry announced that two expatriates were arrested and further confirmed that not nine men raped the women according to earlier reports.
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Bahrain: Two Asian Men Arrested for Rape of an Indonesian Maid
February 23rd, 2010
The Invisible Majority – Female Migrant Workers
February 3rd, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Qatar Rape Suicide
by Khara J Jabola-Carolus for Migrant-Rights.org One of the last (two) countries where divorce is illegal and where the ruling Catholic elite maintains a staunch anti-reproductive rights stance, the island nation of the Philippines boasts a staggering population of 90 million people and (exponential...
Abused and Injured Filipino Maid Trapped in Lebanon
January 27th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Rape
The following ordeal of an abused Filipino worker is all too common in Lebanon. As we and others have documented, suicides by maids in Lebanon is an unfortunate result of this sort of abuse and feeling of helplessness. Gina (not her real name) is a 21-year-old Filipino who was brought to work in Leb...
Raped Filipino Worker Faces Lashing after Miscarriage in Saudi Prison
January 20th, 2010
Prisoners Rape Saudi Arabia Women
GMA News TV (Philippines) reported today about an alarming development in the case of a Filipino worker who was raped in Saudi-Arabia this August and jailed for it. After miscarrying the fetus, the woman now faces lashing before being released. As we’ve previously reported, the woman who worke...
Kuwaiti Sponsor Rapes his Maid
January 15th, 2010
The Kuwaiti paper Arab Times reported this week about an Asian maid who was raped by her sponsor after asking to stop working for him. The maid reported about difficulties working for the family and requested that the sponsor return her to the recruitment agency that he hired her from. The sponsor p...
Filipino Maids in Lebanon Recount Abuse
January 6th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Rape Working conditions
The Philippine channel GMA TV reported last week about the return of over 100 Filipino workers from Lebanon. The Philippines officially has a ban on sending workers to Lebanon, and those repatriated entered the country illegally. Two such worker described the abuse they and fellow domestic workers e...
Indonesian Sex Slave in Saudi Arabia Shares her Harrowing Tale
November 28th, 2009
Abusive employers Housemaids Rape Saudi Arabia Slavery Trafficking
CNN carried a report last week about a former Indonesian sex slave in Saudi Arabia. At the age of 17 the woman was promised a job as a maid in Saudi Arabia by an Indonesian recruitment agency. Coming from a poor family, she was happy to be selected for the job out of hundreds of other women. The emp...
Raising the children of raped migrant workers in Indonesia
November 15th, 2009
Housemaids Kuwait Rape Saudi Arabia
Time Magazine recently carried a report about two Indonesian women who volunteer to raise children who are conceived during rape committed to Indonesian maids abroad. The women-activists, Normawati and Ibu Herlina, take care of several children who were abandoned by their mothers who couldn’t ...
Israel: Employer sentenced to 8 years in prison for raping a Filipino worker
November 11th, 2009
Abusive employers Israel Legal cases Rape
An Israeli employer was sentenced to eight years in prison and a 25,000 NIS ($6,700) fine for raping and sexually harassing his Filipino worker, the Israeli news portal Walla reported earlier this week. The man, Moshe Ben Yehuda (58) from the small town of Olesh, sexually assaulted the Filipino woma...
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