There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7, based in the UAE, a country which …
Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE, Women | Tagged Bahrain, Gulf, migrant rights, UAE | 4 CommentsIt does not take a vast amount of research to quickly arrive at the conclusion that Gulf countries suck at protecting migrant worker rights. The frequency in which abuses occur has gone from alarming to downright revolting. On a weekly …
Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism | Tagged Gulf, Migrant Workers | 5 CommentsReligion is a powerful force in the Middle East, one that can and should be harnessed to promulgate the rights of non-citizens. Religion need not be abused as a tool of social engineering, but can rather be resourced for its …
Posted in Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Religion, Society | Tagged migrant rights | Leave a commentBelow are the latest reports and updates following the situation of migrant workers in the MENA region, from our website Migrant-Rights.org. Migrants in Libya face uncertain future: A recent U.N. report estimates that over 7,000 prisoners remain detained in Libya. …
Posted in Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE | Tagged Gulf, migrant rights | Leave a commentAn 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 …
Posted in Gulf, Human Rights, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | Tagged Kuwait, migrant rights | Leave a commentHeadlines involving domestic workers in the Gulf often fall into one of two categories: the horrifying or the ‘quirky.’ Reactions to the former – a maid raped, a woman tortured and enslaved – are instantaneous: absolute revulsion. But condemnation of …
Posted in Awareness, Ethics, Gulf, Media, Migrant Workers, Society | Tagged Gulf, migrant rights, Migrant Workers, slavery | Leave a commentRecent events in Lebanon illustrate the importance of social perceptions to migrant rights. An anonymous Lebanese resident is tackling the disparaging conception of road cleaners; the designer by trade has posted signs throughout Lebanese streets asking citizens to respect the …
Posted in Human Rights, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Society | Tagged Lebanon, migrant rights | Leave a commentWe at Migrant-Rights.org have just released a new video in an effort to continue to spread awareness about the dire situation of migrant/expat workers throughout the Middle East. We have yet to subtitle it to English, but the message remains …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creativity, Media, Migrant Workers, Racism | Tagged migrant rights, Migrant Workers, Racism | 1 CommentBelow is a list of recent media reports that will verify the fact that migrant workers, domestic maids in particular, suffer outrageous human rights violations that take place on a daily basis throughout the Middle East. There are many cases …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Racism, UAE | Tagged Bahrain, Kuwait, maids, Migrant Workers, UAE | Leave a commentAbdul Rahman is a mid forties Bangladeshi national selling Miswaak in front of my mosque. It is a very common practice here in Saudi Arabia, where labour class does day jobs to earn decent money in order to support their …
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