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An Abusive System Left Ethiopian Domestic Workers Stranded In Lebanon For Years
Largely forgotten by international agencies, some survivors of Lebanon’s kafala system were flown home to Ethiopia last week.
Qatar's New Labor Law Kicks In, Is Basically Old Labor Law
Meet the new labor law, same as the old labor law.
Qatar's 'Efficiency' Praised Amid Ongoing Rights and Bribery Controversies
Qatar is the model of efficiency, but migrant workers, women, journalists, and torture victims would tell a different story. And then there's the matter of FIFA and bribery.
Conditions Are Not Improving for Qatar's Desperate World Cup Workers
Amnesty International says despite promises made by Qatar, nothing has changed for the country's migrant workers who experience slave-like conditions in the world's wealthiest country.
'Dogs Are Better Than You': Saudi Arabia Accused of Mass Abuses During Migrant Worker Crackdown
Saudi Arabia has deported more than half a million foreign workers since 2013. Those being kicked out report being the victims of serious human rights abuses during detention and deportation.
Qatar Releases British Researchers Arrested While Investigating Abuses of Migrant Workers
The case has increased attention on the conditions under which the mostly Nepalese workforce labors, heavily criticised by activists as the country prepares for the 2022 World Cup.
Rights Groups Demand Answers from Qatar Over 'Disappearance' of UK Researchers Investigating Migrant Worker Abuses
Activists reported being followed by police in the country, but Qatari authorities stay silent.
To Be Raped or to Become a Prostitute in Beirut
Foreign domestic workers in Beirut often have to choose between sexual abuse where they work or escaping and being swept into prostitution.
To Be Raped or to Become a Prostitute
Foreign domestic workers in Beirut often have to choose between facing sexual abuse at the houses they clean or trying to escape and being swept into the underworld of prostitution. Both traffickers and those trying to stop the trafficking agree that...