In the past few days, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported, based on police reports, the probable suicide, the death or the injury of several migrant domestic workers. The following is the resume:
On Saturday 21 August, at 2 p.m. a Bengali maid drowned and died in the swimming pool in the villa of her emplo…
Archive for the ‘Suicide’ Category
Lebanon: Increase in death of migrant domestic workers
August 25th, 2010
Lebanon: Second Nepalese found “dangling from a rope” in less than 10 days
August 10th, 2010
Today, the Lebanese National News Agency reported that Nepalese migrant domestic worker, Lanta Hari (born 1990) committed suicide in the house of her employer M. Kh. after hanging herself from a rope, in Baabdat, Maten area. This comes less than 10 days after another Nepalese presumably hung herself...
The Media Line covers our report on suicides of migrants in Kuwait
August 5th, 2010
The Media Line (TML), a non-for-profit media organization reporting on the Middle East, reported today about our recent report on suicides of migrant workers in Kuwait over the months of June and July. TML approached experts from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Kuwait University to co...
Suicides among migrants in Kuwait persist at an alarming rate in June and July
August 5th, 2010
Documentation Housemaids Kuwait Suicide
Over the past two months, there have been 23 reported cases of suicide or attempted suicide by migrant workers in Kuwait, meaning that about every 2.5 days a migrant worker commits or attempts suicide in Kuwait. Migrant workers are often driven to suicide by harsh living and working conditions and a...
Two Maids Attempt Suicide in Saudi Arabia in One Week
August 2nd, 2010
Housemaids Saudi Arabia Suicide
Earlier this week, in two separate incidents, two Asian domestic workers attempted suicide in Saudi Arabia. This kind of desperate acts are often the results of abuse, poor living and working conditions and non-payment of salaries. The Kingdom does not include domestic workers under the scope of pro...
Lebanon: Nepalese migrant worker found dead, dangling from a rope
August 2nd, 2010
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today that, last Friday, a Nepalese migrant worker, Leila A. (40 years) was found hanging from her neck and dangling from a rope tied to her windows’ steel defenses in Fanar, North of Beirut. The cause of the incident and its circumstances remain unclear, ...
Lebanon: Ethiopian “jumps” from 8th floor in Beirut
July 27th, 2010
Yesterday, the Lebanese National News Agency reported that an Ethiopian migrant worker “committed suicide by throwing herself from the 8th floor”. Her body and scull were smashed as a result of the more than 30 meter fall. Assafir newspaper reported the news today as is. While Al-AKhbar ...
Two Domestic Workers Commit Suicide in Jordan
July 26th, 2010
In two separate incidents, two Sri-Lankan maids attempted suicide in As-Salt, Jordan, according to local press reports. Another domestic worker “harmed” herself in the Balqa governorate after her employers refused to let her return to her country. Very few details were reported about eit...
Migrant workers continue to commit suicide at an alarming rate in Kuwait
June 5th, 2010
Over the month of May, 17 migrant workers have attempted or committed suicide in Kuwait according to a survey of newspaper reports from the country; two maids were injured while trying to escape their sponsor’s house. This is an escalation of a trend we’ve been monitoring for quite some ...
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