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.
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Archive for the ‘Workers’ Category
Report: ‘Suicide’ of Pinay-DH in Lebanon
April 24th, 2011
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...
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...
Govt. responsibility to protect overseas Filipino workers can’t be waived –migrant group
April 15th, 2011
Press Release 15 April 2011 “A government that relinquishes its primary responsibility of protecting its own working people abroad is an irresponsible government,” said John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator. Migrante’s Monterona is reacting to the PH embassy...
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...
Indonesian Domestic Worker Beaten to Death in Saudi
April 1st, 2011
Abusive employers Death Housemaids Saudi Arabia
Two Saudi women have been accused of beating their Indonesian housemaid to death, according to reports from Indonesian consular staff. An autopsy showed that 37-year old Darwasih Udin had sustained severe injuries to her head and other parts of her body. Two of her employers are currently being held...
Nepal’s Challenge: Documenting Missing Migrants in the Middle East
March 31st, 2011
The Nepali government has had some difficult lessons to learn from the crises in Libya and Japan. A lack of reliable data proved a major stumbling block in its attempts help stranded citizens in recent weeks, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has admitted that consular staff wasted a lot of time &...
Burj al Khalifa: the human story behind the world’s tallest building
March 29th, 2011
Crowds gathered around the Burj al Khalifa tower earlier today to watch French ‘spiderman’ Alain Robert scale the world’s tallest building. The free-climber, notorious for climbing Petronas Towers and the Empire State building with no ropes, wore a harness on this occasion to compl...
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