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March 22, 2021 | English
Rights group says reforms are not properly implemented, thousands of migrant workers continue to be exploited and abused in Qatar.
March 22, 2021 | English
Amnesty International calls on Fifa President Gianni Infantino to implement “independent and regular” monitoring of all 2022 sites to detect and prevent rights abuses as Qatar says “progress is being made.”
March 21, 2021 | English
The Nizam Al Kafala or sponsorship system is a legal framework defining the relationship between migrant workers and their employers in Jordan, Lebanon, and all Arab Gulf states except Iraq. It was created to supply cheap, plentiful labour in an era of booming economic growth, and its defenders argue that it benefits local businesses and helps drive development.
March 20, 2021 | English
Sedikitnya puluhan keluarga di Indonesia melaporkan kehilangan anggota keluarganya yang bekerja menjadi TKI di Arab Saudi. Laporan ini mencuat dari sejumlah grup di Facebook.
March 19, 2021 | English
Qatar’s new minimum wage law has come into force on Saturday for hundreds of thousands of migrant workers as it becomes the first country in the region to adopt a non-discriminatory minimum wage.
March 15, 2021 | English
Arab Saudi pada hari Minggu (14/3/2021) memulai sistem baru untuk meningkatkan hubungan kontrak dengan para pekerja.
March 15, 2021 | Indonesian
Pemerintah Arab Saudi di bawah kepemimpinan Raja Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud memutuskan untuk merombak sistem sponsor kafala yang dikenakan kepada para pekerja migran yang masuk ke negara itu.
March 14, 2021 | English
Saudi Arabia has ushered in a new era with historic labor reforms offering greater freedom to millions of migrant and expatriate workers taking effect on Sunday.
March 10, 2021 | English
Doha: In an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, Sheikh Thamer bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Director for Media Affairs of the Government Communications Office, confirmed that calls to boycott the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were based on misleading media reports, adding that those calling for a boycott ignored the progress the State of Qatar has made in reforming its labour law and promoting migrant workers' rights. He said that it was good to see that in recent weeks, many football associations, NGOs and fan groups have realised that a boycott is not a constructive outcome, explaining that Qatar fully supports footballers and football associations who use their platform to promote human rights. Their criticism of the 2022 World Cup, however, is misplaced, and that Qatar has made tangible progress on labor reforms and has shown its commitment to continue the process in cooperation with its international partners
March 6, 2021 | English
There is almost nothing Raquel Barrion doesn’t know about the two Lebanese children she has looked after since they were babies. But one day, the Filipina domestic worker decided to find out how much they knew about her.