A recent U.N. report estimates that over 7,000 prisoners remain detained in Libya. A substantial percentage of these men, women, and children are sub-Saharan African migrants caught up in the volatile transition of power. Accounts of arbitrary arrest and torture have been documented by human rights …
Jordanian Migrant Rights NGO Wins Prestigious French Republic Human Rights Prize
November 26th, 2011
Migrant-Rights.org have just been informed that Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights (Tamkeen stands for Empowerment) is one of five NGOs that won the prestigious French Republic Human Rights Prize this year. This prize, created in 1988, is awarded for individual or collective action on the...
Ex-Gaddafi maid healthier, happier in Malta
November 26th, 2011
A new interview shows a much healthier Shewyga Mullah receiving treatment in Malta. CNN documented Shewyga’s condition in late August, after revolutionary fighters discovered the tortured maid in Hannibal Gaddafi’s house. Hannibal’s wife, Lebanese model Aline Skaf, poured boiling water o...
Murder of a Kuwaiti woman may have lasting effects on migrants
November 24th, 2011
The murder of a Kuwaiti bride by her Ethiopian maid may have reverberating consequences for the nation’s migrants. The Ministry of Health intends to introduce a set of psychological evaluations that prospective foreigner workers must pass before their work visas are approved, adding to the al...
“Workers Emirates”
November 21st, 2011
Last week, CNN featured a collection of photography illuminating the ‘ghost’-like existence of migrant workers in the UAE. Photographer Philippe Chancel calls these cheap laborers “new slaves,” who underpin the Gulf’s hyper-development yet remain marginalized by society. His photog...
Murder in Kuwait
November 18th, 2011
Abusive employers Death Kuwait
An Ethiopian maid was murdered by her employer on Tuesday. The man beat her for over a week because she allegedly refused to work, and her injuries were so severe that she suffered from internal bleeding. She collapsed after arguing with the man while he attempted to “return” her to the recruit...
Lebanon: Suicide of an Ethiopian Domestic Worker in Tyr
November 16th, 2011
According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, an Ethiopian worker, Janet M. K., hung herself today using a laundry rope from the ceiling of the house of her employer in Bazourieh in Tyr, South Lebanon. This suicides comes one day after CNN produced a damning report on abuse of domestic workers ...
All Eyes on Rizana Nafeek
November 16th, 2011
General Legal cases Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is set to behead another migrant worker unless Sri Lanka can persuade authorities to grant Rizana Nafeek amnesty. Media outlets worldwide are monitoring the story closely as part of the mounting attention Saudi’s policies have received since the June execution of Ruyati Binti Sapubi. ...
Indonesia reevaluates bans, Saudi Arabia & related policies
November 14th, 2011
The Philippine’s 41-country ban (and subsequent deferral) made a splash last week, sparking discourse among different government agencies, migrants, and activist organizations. Though critics deemed the measures superficial, the sheer number of countries blacklisted have invigorated demands for mo...
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