"DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) - On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.Noor arrived...
From the United States' "Desperate Housewives" to UK's "Harry and Paul", TV productions can't seem to have enough of the global Filipino worker. Early this week, officials and civic groups have issued statements condemning the show and its producers and demanding...
"Singapore (ANTARA News/dpa) - A couple who fined their Indonesian maid for mistakes in addition to physically abusing the woman was sentenced to jail, news reports said on Wednesday.Lim Yi Khung, a 42-year-old aircraft engineer for Singapore Airlines, was sentenced to four...
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I just came across this extraordinary story and can't believe that it hasn't been bigger news. The Saudis should really be ashamed of themselves over this. In Saudi Arabia it would seem that physical abuse of your...
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""I don't want to go back to Malaysia. I will start a business at home," she said, adding that she had enough money to start over in Tuapakas village, located some 200 kilometres (120 miles) from Kupang.Bonat's case made headlines in Malaysia, with photographs of the severe...
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tens of activists of non-governmental
organization Migrant Care demonstrated outside the Saudi Arabian
Embassy here on Monday in protest against the execution of Indonesian
maid Yanti Irianti (35) in Saudi Arabia.
"Migrant Care condemns the execution...
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"Nirmala Bonat from East Nusa Tenggara was allegedly tortured by her employer, Yim Pek Ha."For the time being the suspect was found guilty of tortuning her domestic helper, but still have an opportunity to make a...
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"Elma Labisig Elumbaring recorded one hour of video over a 10-day period at her employer's home. It showed her employer, identified as Mrs X, with a man and wearing just her underwear, DPA reported.
Elumbaring, 35, later showed the video to X and threatened to give copies to...
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""We will investigate the cause of her death," Tatang B Razak, Chairman of the embassy`s Service and Protection Task Force Unit, here on Sunday.
Malaysian daily The Star reported on Sunday that an Indonesian...
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How much is a Cuban worth in Mexico? $920, that is the fine that must be paid to release a Cuban refugee who reaches Mexico's shores."CANCUN, Mexico --
Luis Lara arrived in Hialeah from Cuba five years ago...
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The Indonesian government on Wednesday upped the
pressure on Malaysia to take swift action against abusive employers
after the death of an Indonesian maid working in Kuala Lumpur.
The beaten body of 24-year-old...
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The makers of a Japanese arm-wrestling arcade game called "Arm Spirit" (I love Japan!) have had to recall their product after three people broke their arms playing the game. Now, I don't know about you guys, but...
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A good profile of Dan Wagner and his career history to date. Although he has an uncanny knack of failing to impress the city and has almost certainly made some poor decisions, you have got to respect the mans tenacity. Being relentlessly yourself in this day and age is an...
"IT IS TRULY GROSS to me that a popular Latina stereotype for a certain lusty, lazy-minded American man (and I would go as far as to say "hateful" in the extreme of this specific type of racist thinking) is that of the Dirty Hot Latina Maid who longs to fawn over her White...
"Russian traditional wedding is different from what people are used to in the United States of America. There are no rehearsals, bridesmaids, and flower girls. The best man and the maid of honor are called âwitnessesâ or in Russian âsvideteliâ. The wedding...