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Article

17 Nov 2013

Author:
African Think Tank; in Asmarino Independent

Saudi Arabia Needs to Take More Responsibility for Foreign Workers Human Right Abuse

The African Think Tank called upon the government of Saudi Arabia to take more responsibility for the human right abuse of foreign workers particularly African, including Ethiopian, Somali, Eritrean, Sudanese, South East Asian Indian, Philippines...The current unabated human right abuse to Ethiopian; Eritrean, Sudanese and Somali’s workers is not acceptable in the street of the country has to stop immediately... Saudi Arabia is the largest employer of foreign nationals in the world... Almost six million foreign workers...are employed in Saudi Arabia. There is a serious subculture of abuse in Saudi Arabia, and many laws which would not be accepted in a modern state. A Sudanese worker was executed by beheading in 2011 for ‘sorcery’ and Ethiopian young women working as house maid abused, and raped, and many more horrific stories on [You tube]. Laws protecting foreign workers are not particularly just or equitable. Contracts and legal proceedings are held in Arabic, and no assistance is given to understand them.