Human Rights Watch comdemns maid abuse in Middle East...

Human Rights Watch today urged Middle Eastern states to protect migrant workers after two Sri Lankan maids returned from the region with shocking stories of torture by their employers.

The New York-based rights group said accusations by three Sri Lankan maids that they were forced to swallow nails or had nails driven into their bodies highlighted a broad pattern of abuse of migrant domestic workers.

"The wanton brutality alleged in these cases is shocking, but reports of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and labour exploitation such as non-payment of wages are nothing new," said Nisha Varia, HRW's senior women’s rights researcher. More...

Don't miss:

1. A third Sri Lankan maid alleges nail torture...
2. More and more maids in Kuwait being abused...
3. Indonesia condemns maid's "extraordinary torture"
4. Dubai, where domestic workers are sexually abused...
5. Amnesty condemns Malaysia's appalling treatment of immigrant workers; they are "raped, abused and unpaid..."