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…
Archive for the ‘Suicide’ Category
Migrant Workers in the Gulf: A Historical Perspective (video)
May 16th, 2011
Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Interviews Saudi Arabia Slavery Suicide UAE
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...
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...
Saudi Sponsor Extorts Family of his Deceased Worker
March 28th, 2011
A Saudi sponsor is preventing the release of the body of Indian worker who committed suicide seven months ago, demanding $45,000 from the family of the deceased who remains unburied. The Saudi daily Arab News reported last week about the case of a Saudi sponsor who has been withholding his consent f...
One Sri Lankan, one Bengali, found dead in Lebanon
March 18th, 2011
Death Housemaids Lebanon Recruitment Agencies Suicide
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today that the body of Sri Lankan domestic worker, Manaka Brinjani, was found in Baabdat two days ago. The death was caused by the fall from from a high rise building. The security bulletin said that she was attempting to escape from the employment office when s...
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