Advancing the rights of migrant workers throughout the Middle East
Oct 6, 2021 • 14 tweets • 12 min read
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Starting 1 October, #Dubai, #UAE is hosting the World Expo for six months. The international exhibition is held every three years to showcase achievements of countries. #DubaiExpo was postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the Covid19 pandemic. #MigrantRights
The achievement that #Dubai (and the UAE) would be hard-pressed to showcase is their treatment of migrant workers who build and run the country and the particular emirate. #DubaiExpo
May 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
تم اعتقال مواطن كيني يعمل في #قطر كحارس أمن في ليلة 4 مايو، الثلاثاء. و هو مدافعًا صريحًا عن حقوق العمال المهاجرين في #قطر ودول الخليج، حيث بنى عمله و كتاباته على تجاربه المعيشية. @ADLSAQa@GCOQatar@nhrcqatar
لقد مر الآن أكثر من أسبوع منذ أن سمعنا عنه. وقد حاولت منظمات حقوقية تحديد سبب احتجازه والتهم الموجهة إليه. و لم تجد اية قضاياه مسجلة على بطاقته الشخصية القطرية. كما لم تتمكن أي من السلطات التي اتصلنا بها من تحديد مكانه.
May 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
A Kenyan national, working in Qatar as a security guard, was taken into custody the night of 4 May, Tuesday. He was an outspoken advocate for the human rights of migrant workers in #Qatar and the GCC, building his work on his own lived experiences @nhrcqatar@GCOQatar@ADLSAQa
It has been over a week since he was heard from. MR and other organizations have tried to determine why he was taken into custody and what charges he faces. However, there are no cases associated with his QID and none of the authorities we contacted have been able to locate him
May 12, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
تعرب Migrant-Rights.org عن قلقها العميق من تعيين علي الدرازي، صاحب شركة فوندامنت للمقاولات، رسميا كرئيس جديد للمؤسسة الوطنية البحرينية لحقوق الإنسان. #البحرينalwatannews.net/article/940123…
كما ذكرت MR العام الماضي، فإن فوندامنت، الشركة التي ترأسها الدرازي، تركت عدة مئات من العمال دون رواتب لمدة تصل إلى 8 أشهر، وصادرت جوازات سفرهم، ودفعتهم إلى اليأس.
Migrant-Rights.org is deeply concerned that the owner of Fundament SPC construction, Ali Al-Derazi, has been officially appointed as the new president of #Bahrain’s National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR). alwatannews.net/article/940123…
As MR reported last year, Fundament SPC, the company Al-Derazi presided over, left several hundred workers unpaid for up to 8 months, confiscated their passports, and pushed them into despair.
