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Modern Slavery- Update: Indian Migrant Workers Enslaved in Iraq
We reported on the 30th of August, 2016 the cases of the Indian nationals enslaved and held hostage by an Iraqi gang master. Despite repeated requests for the Indian authorities to intervene, they do not seem to appreciate the urgency or comprehend the fact that...
Lord Indarjit Singh Confirms his Support for Justice Upheld’s Campaign to Ascertain the Fate of Missing POWs
Lord Indarjit Singh with Mrs Rajwant Kaur, the sister of missing Indian POW Flt. Lt. Gurdev Singh Rai Following a meeting with Lord Indarjit Singh of Wimbledon on Thursday 9th of June 2016, at the House of Lords, Lord Indarjit Singh confirmed his support for...
400 Indian Nationals in a Detention Centre Riyadh Desperate to Return to India
There are currently 400 Indian nationals in a detention centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia waiting to be repatriated to India. All 400 men are work migrants predominately from the Punjab who had travelled to Saudi Arabia to work. A large number of these men were subjected...
Human Rights and India
The cases of the four Indian nationals currently detained in Kuwait and abandoned by the Indian authorities, is not the first time that Indian nationals left to defend for themselves; In Mr Sarabjit Singh's case (the Indian national imprisioned in Pakistan for...
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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...
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Seventeen Abandoned Seafarers Rescued in Iran – Via Human Rights At Sea
BY MAREX 2018-07-18 18:28:38 After the actions of human rights charity Justice Upheld, 17 seafarers abandoned by various maritime companies on Kish Island in Iran have been rescued. None had been paid for over two years. Their case has been highlighted by the charity...
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...