Below 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 …
Posted in Migrant Workers, Saudi Arabia | 1 CommentMigrant Rights website has been awarded one of the prizes of the seventh annual Deutsche Welle Blog Awards: The BOBs (Best of Blogs) competition. “Jury Award for Human Rights at DW Blog Award #thebobs to Migrant Rights in Middle East …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Mideast Youth, Migrant Workers | 1 CommentOur Migrant Rights project was nominated to the final stage of the BOBs Awards. Now it needs your intervention! Migrant Rights is nominated for “Special Topic Award Human Rights” category. Each category, from the 17, has reached a shortlist of …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Gulf, Human Rights, Middle East, Mideast Youth, Migrant Workers | Tagged award, blogging, mideast youth, Migrant Workers, The BOBs | Leave a comment“Unless the world acts, we may be facing an historic human tragedy,” said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheera who arrived at the Tunisia-Libya border yesterday. A mass exodus of refugees has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. Many people are still …
Posted in Civil Rights, Countries/Regions, Democracy, Demonstrations, Events, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Libya, Middle East, Migrant Workers, News and Politics, Politics, Refugees, Tunisia | Leave a commentOur video, Protect the human rights of workers in the Middle East, is one of the 21 videos from all over the world nominated for the 2010 Viral Video Awards. Please check out our video and vote for us. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=946LfiSpCS0[/youtube]
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Videos | 1 CommentOver the months of August and September, migrant workers in Kuwait continued to commit suicide at an alarming rate. Over this two-months period, 27 migrant workers have attempted to end their life or succeeded in doing so. This is an …
Posted in Bad news, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | 2 CommentsThe public debate raging in Israel today about migrant workers and refugees is full of misleading statistics, slogans and bombastic headlines, which makes it hard to get to the core of the debate. Are migrant workers “taking over” cities across …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Israel, Media, Migrant Workers, Racism, Refugees | 4 CommentsIn Saudi Arabia, a domestic worker has been physically abused by nails. The family for which she worked for tortured her. The 50-year-old from Sri Lanka had a total of 23 red-hot nails rammed into her flesh – every time …
Posted in Migrant Workers, Saudi Arabia | 13 CommentsBelow is an interview with Matthew Cassel, an American photographer and journalist based in Lebanon about his photography project Unseen Lives: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (see slideshow at the bottom of this post). In the interview Matthew describes how …
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