AI: Qatar failing to protect migrant domestic workers from exploitation

[JURIST] Migrant workers in Qatar face human rights abuse including forced labor, excessively long working hours, verbal harassment, and physical and sexual violence, according to an Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] report [report, PDF] released Wednesday. The report, entitled "Qatar: 'My sleep is my break': Exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Qatar," reveals evidence that domestic workers in Qatar face what can amount to forced labor and human trafficking. The country does not limit working hours for domestic workers, and...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/ai-qatar-failing-to-protect-foreign-domestic-workers-from-exploitation.php

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