Foreign domestic workers in Qatar: Shocking cases of deception, forced labour, violen

Sally

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We have to count our lucky stars that none of us have found ourselves in this predicament, and we have to feel for these workers and what they have to go through.

QATAR, APRIL 23, 2014
Foreign domestic workers in Qatar: Shocking cases of deception, forced labour, violence
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Amnesty International

The Qatari authorities are failing to protect migrant domestic workers who face severe exploitation, including forced labour and physical and sexual violence, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

"My sleep is my break": Exploitation of domestic workers in Qatar paints a bleak picture of women who have been recruited to work in Qatar on the basis of false promises about salaries and working conditions, only to be made to work extreme hours and seven-day weeks. Some women described how they were subjected to appalling episodes of sexual and physical violence.

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