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 CommentsBen Lynfield in Jerusalem – Israel’s supreme court has upheld a controversial law that prevents Arab citizens from living with their Palestinian spouses in the Jewish state, a move that impacts thousands of people and is raising concern over a …
Posted in Civil Rights, Israel, Palestine, Racism | Tagged Palestine | 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 CommentsBelow 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 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 commentWhen people ask me what my favourite quote is I usually cite Diane from Cheers, the American comedy series: “Ignorance is bliss and I am in heaven.” I use the quote whenever I am in the company of less intelligent …
Posted in Civil Rights, Kurdistan, Kurds, Racism, Terrorism | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | 3 CommentsA Kurdish activist, Sherko Moarafi, is in danger of being executed in Iran for “enmity against God” for his alleged membership in a proscribed Kurdish organization. Moarafi was detained in October 2008, transferred to a solitary confinement in the death …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Culture, Current Events, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Petitions, Racism | 3 CommentsJerusalem – The father of a young man killed in an egregious incident of anti-Arab racial violence is reaching out to Israeli Jews, calling for a joint Jewish-Arab campaign against racism. ”People ask me why don’t you feel vengeful towards …
Posted in Israel, Palestine/Israel, Racism | Leave a commentIn the past few weeks, MidEastYouth was attacked by hate groups whose aim was to silence the MEY’s Alliance for Kurdish Rights project but subsequently brought down all of the MidEastYouth’s websites. Thus, the attackers demonstrated a belief that an attack on all groups that so desperately need a voice in the Middle East was worth it so long as their main target could be silenced.
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Media, Middle East, Nationalism, Palestine, Racism, Regional Issues, Society, Syria, Turkey | 3 Comments