by Jas Uppal | Apr 15, 2019 | Featured, Justice Denied
Migrant worker suffering from paralysis waiting for treatment for two weeks after been struck after paralysis attack Modern Slavery – 18th March, 2019:Left to die: Several hundred Indian migrant workers in the construction industry have been abandoned in Rydiah...
by Jas Uppal | Apr 4, 2019 | Cases, Featured, Justice Denied, Justice Upheld Blog, Uncategorized
‘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...
by Jas Uppal | Jul 8, 2018 | Featured, Justice Denied, Justice Upheld Blog, News
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...
by Jas Uppal | Apr 29, 2018 | Cases, Featured, Justice Denied, News, Uncategorized
In 2015, 32 year old Nishan Singh from Gurdaspur, Punjab left India to work as a driver in Saudi Arabia. Nishan Singh was employed by ‘Yamama Cement Company Building’ based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On the 31st of March 2018, Nishan Singh’s work colleague contacted...
by Jas Uppal | Apr 8, 2018 | Featured, Justice Denied, Justice Upheld Blog, News
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...
by Jas Uppal | Jun 9, 2017 | Featured, Justice Denied, Justice Upheld Blog, News
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...
