Human Rights Activist Have Evidence To Prove Domestic Workers Are Considered As Slaves

01 February 2017 Kuwait

Human rights activist Dr. Rana Al-Abdulrazzaq said there is evidence to prove that domestic workers are considered as slaves. She indicated some advertisements that contain phrases such as “Servant for Sale,” lamenting that the concerned authorities were informed about such dangerous actions but they did not take any relevant action.

Furthermore, Head of the Development and Training Center in Kuwait Society for Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Za’ar Al-Otaibi praised the domestic labor law, stressing that the issue requires increased coordination and cooperation among different authorities, and awareness must be raised concerning rights of domestic laborers.

Also, domestic labor bureaus affirmed their readiness to seek alternative sources in case the Philippines enforces its decision to ban sending domestic workers to Kuwait. In this regard, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Kuwait to ensure accurate enforcement of the new domestic labor law, affirming that the previous law, which was enforced on June 24, 2015, was good and should be followed in rest of the Gulf countries.

It also called for fixing the flaws in the law, stressing that, even though employers are not allowed to seize the passports of their employees, no penalty has been specified in the law for the violators. It added that the law does not have any clause that can allow domestic workers to form labor unions.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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