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 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...
by Jas Uppal | Feb 19, 2017 | Cases, Featured, Justice Delayed, Justice Upheld Blog, News
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....
by Jas Uppal | Jan 10, 2017 | Cases, Featured, Justice Denied, Justice Upheld Blog, News
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...
