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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...
Daman – Land and Property Owned by the Fishing Communities Confiscated and Homes Demolished
Daman, Gujarat in India: Daman and Diu are two small coastal enclaves located in Western India. Both Daman and Diu are former Portuguese colonies. In December 2018, local residents of Daman and Diu received official looking documents purportedly following the...
Mother of Three from Punjab Enslaved in Kuwait
Modern Slavery: Woman from Punjab enslaved in Kuwait
Enslaved in Bahrain
Modern Slavery is an international problem. Whilst the West is proactive and determined to tackle the Slavery when it reaches their shores, the developing countries not only fail to tackle it but also fail to identify that fact that it is enslavement and therefore...
Migrant worker abandoned by Joannou & Paraskevaides (Overseas) Ltd (In Liquidation) (‘JPO’) in Saudi Arabia – Update
Modern Slavery: 14 April, 2019 Migrant worker abandoned by Joannou & Paraskevaides (Overseas) Ltd (In Liquidation) (‘JPO’)in Saudi Arabia suffered paralysis FIFTEEN days ago. It was only following protests by his co-workers, that the Indian authorities eventually...
Modern Slavery: Work Migrants – Victims of Joannou & Paraskevaides (Overseas) Ltd (In Liquidation), Saudi Arabia
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 in...
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...
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....
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...
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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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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....
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...