At the very first day of Ramadan (August the first) a horrific crime took place in three different areas in Kuwait (Saad alabdullah, Kabd, and the desert part of Jahra) when a Kuwaiti officer used his shotgun to kill four Indian men, while one Ethiopian woman was able to escape death, as reported by…
How do you build servitude?
August 22nd, 2011
Lebanon Racism Recruitment Agencies Slavery
Here, is a tough article by Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, on the House Keepers’ Training Academy. The article is very well written because it depicts the whole mentality behind the “owners” of this business by just stating facts and statements that they said. Read the full article...
Poem
August 21st, 2011
A touching poem by an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker living in Beirut for the past 8 years. It mirrors a lot. Linked from here. On refuge, I thought that there was really going to be a change in my life. I didn’t know it’s grave like you die. I was thinking also about dollars. To grat...
Deaths, suicides and more clorox incidents
August 19th, 2011
The situaiton in Kuwait the past two weeks has been chaotic and ugly. The Arab Times reports here on a 39-year old Indian worker who has died. Her body was found in her sponsor’s house after -it is presumed- that she committed suicide. A case was filed- let us hope it is a little more hopeful ...
Family of Maid Doubts Saudi Suicide Finding
August 11th, 2011
Abusive employers Saudi Arabia Suicide
Ernawati, an Indonesian worker died in Saudi Arabia. She was presumed to have commited suicide. Her family dares to disagree. They urged local authorities to perform a second autopsy on her body. They believe her death might be a direct cause of abuse and beating by her employer. These kinds of situ...
Jordan: Bureacracy Preventing Domestic Workers from Going Home
August 11th, 2011
Even when they want to leave, go home, never come back again, migrant workers are given unnecessary and outrageous obstacles.
Ramadan, holy month, for some
August 10th, 2011
Even in Ramadan, a month idolized by most Muslims, disrimination remains rampant and pretty obvious between different groups living in the same country. This article shows how this is happenning in Qatar. Janitorial workers employed by a number of cleaning services companies are required to work 12...
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...
Commentary: Women Filipino Inmates with Children in Dubai Prison
August 9th, 2011
9 August 2011 Commentary: Women Filipino inmates with children in Dubai prison by John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator Last week, Migrante-Middle East (M-ME), care of this writer, received reports about the more or less fifteen (15) women OFW inmates with children...
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