| Human rights: Saudis treat domestic staff like 'virtual slaves'
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Asian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia face routine human rights abuses that in some cases amount to slavery, with employers often escaping any punishment, according to a new report.
Abuses include months or years of unpaid wages, forced confinement and physical and sexual violence, while some workers suffer imprisonment or lashings for spurious charges of theft, adultery, or "witchcraft", says Human Rights Watch.
Human rights: Saudis treat domestic staff like 'virtual slaves' | World news | The Guardian | This new report suggests slavery is alive and well, and within a US ally no less. It recalls previous threads of mine regarding slavery in India, as well as slavelike conditions for Mexicans in the US. Any decent person could see why these despotic systems should be removed.
Grandpa h.
One proposed to be roasted at the stake
should not douse himself in flammable oil.
Yoruba proverb | 
Jul 11, 2008, 10:12 am
