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Slavery in 2020: Migrant Worker from Punjab Enslaved in Malayisa Rescued
Monday 22nd of June 2020 Justice Upheld was contacted by the family of Mrs Daljit Kaur (not her real name), a migrant worker from Punjab,India. It was claimed that in or around November 2019, Mrs Daljit Kaur travelled to Malaysia to work as domestic worker for a...
Modern Slavery – ‘Absconder’
‘Huroob’ is an Arabic word which means ‘escape’ or ‘absconder’ or ‘run away’ (‘Absent From Work’). Under Saudi Labour Law, it is mandatory for an employer to report his migrant worker employee to the Saudi passport authorities if the migrant worker is absent from work...
Modern Slavery: 6 Ethiopian Seafarers Abandoned in Iran by Shipping Company
Justice Upheld was recently contacted by 6 Seafarers, Ethiopian nationals on board the ‘AHTMS Miami’ owned by Baltic Marine Services LLC’ whose registered offices are in Dubai. We understand that the seafarers were abandoned by the shipping company at Khorramshahr...
Modern Slavery – Persecution of Migrant Workers Under ‘Kafala’
Update: 01/07/2018: Mr Gurwinder Singh continues to be detained whilst the Saudi authorities continue to ‘investigate’ the case whilst the family of the deceased driver who collided with Mr Singh which resulted in his...
Modern Slavery: Human Impact of Denial of Crew Wages to Seafarers Abandoned in the UAE
Appalling treatment and gross abuse of human rights by 'employer' of seafarers abandoned in the UAE. Case study by 'Human Rights at Sea': Human Impact of Denial of Crew Wages to Seafarers
Death of a Migrant Worker in Saudi Arabia – Update
After four months and seven days, Mr Amritpal Singh was eventually repatriated to India on the 17 months and 6 days following his death. His cremation took place on the 18th of February. Mr Amritpal Singh lives behind his wife, his 14th month son and his parents....
Three Months and the Wait Continuing for the Repatriation of the Body of an Indian Work Migrant
Even in death, the work migrant worker is not free from the kafala system (a form of bonded labour): 25 year old Indian work migrant, Amritpal Singh from Gurdaspur, Punjab travelled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to work at a transport company called 'Al-Qtaibi Transport' to...
Punished for Being an Indian – The Desperate Plight of Hamid Nehal Ansari
It is now over four years since Hamid Nehal Ansari failed to return from ostensibly, job interview Afghanistan - or at least this is what he told his family. The reality was that as an active member of Mumbai's Rotary Club, Hamid was as he naively believed, on a...
Modern Slavery: Young Indian Work Migrant Released and Repatriated to `India in Time for Diwali
We at 'Justice a Upheld' are delighted to confirm that after almost 8 months, Indian work migrant Sadhana, who was subjected to abuse by her Kuwaiti 'employer' and who has spent months of detention in prison like hostel centres in Kuwait is returning home this morning...
Slavery – ‘Kafala’ – Enslavement of Migrant Workers in the Gulf States
What is ‘Kafala’? ‘Kafala’ is an Arabic word which means ‘sponsorship’. Kafala operates in the Gulf States and it is unique to these Middle Eastern States. The ‘Kafala’ system allows nationals of the Gulf States to employ non Gulf nationals. It also enables the...
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Slavery in 2020: Migrant Worker from Punjab Enslaved in Malayisa Rescued
Monday 22nd of June 2020 Justice Upheld was contacted by the family of Mrs Daljit Kaur (not her real name), a migrant worker from Punjab,India. It was claimed that in or around November 2019, Mrs Daljit Kaur travelled to Malaysia to work as domestic worker for a...
Modern Slavery – ‘Absconder’
‘Huroob’ is an Arabic word which means ‘escape’ or ‘absconder’ or ‘run away’ (‘Absent From Work’). Under Saudi Labour Law, it is mandatory for an employer to report his migrant worker employee to the Saudi passport authorities if the migrant worker is absent from work...
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Why A One Term Trump Could Prove Fatal For The Human Rights Of So Many. The First Floor In April 2019 the brutal Islamist regime of President Omar al-Bashir was brought to an end, after a military coup in Sudan. A few days later, a new Constitutional Declaration was...
Released!- Jennifer Dalquez Acquitted of the Murder of Her Emerati ‘Employer’
Friday 2nd of November, 2018: Justice Upheld is delighted to report that Jennifer Dalquez, the Filipino migrant worker who was eventually acquitted of the murder of her ‘employer’ in the United Arab Emirates, was released and repatriated to her family on Friday....