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Free Ahmed Shihab-Eldin [IFJ] 2026-04-20

Kuwait’s Exit Permit Requirement Puts Migrant Workers at Risk [Human Rights Watch] 2025-06-16

Domestic workers’ bondage exposes the brutal logic of global care chains [Global Labour Column] 2025-01-11

BWI on the Kuwaiti fire that killed 49 migrant workers [BWI] 2024-06-18

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Free Ahmed Shihab-Eldin 2026-04-20 [IFJ]

Kuwait’s Exit Permit Requirement Puts Migrant Workers at Risk 2025-06-16 [Human Rights Watch]

Domestic workers’ bondage exposes the brutal logic of global care chains 2025-01-11 [Global Labour Column]

BWI on the Kuwaiti fire that killed 49 migrant workers 2024-06-18 [BWI]

Around 40 Indian workers among 49 killed in Kuwait building blaze 2024-06-13 [Indian Express]

Philippines halts deployment of first-time workers to Kuwait after maid’s murder 2023-02-09 [The Arab News]

PH gov't to revisit bilateral labor agreement with Kuwait after Ranara's death 2023-01-29 [absnews]

Philippines probes labor abuses in Kuwait after new killing 2023-01-29 [apnews]

Kuwait begins procedures for hiring teachers from the West Bank and Gaza 2022-09-11 [Ma'an]

Kenya, Kuwait Unions Sign Migrant Workers' Agreement For more info 2019-02-25 [Solidarity Center]

After grisly murder, Kuwait and the Philippines face diplomatic crisis over domestic worker abuse 2018-05-04 [PRI]

Kuwait and Philippines strike domestic worker deal 2018-03-19 [thenational]

Dead Filipina in freezer spotlights peril of migrant workers 2018-03-02 [Albany Times Union]

Philippines imposes 'total ban' on citizens taking up jobs in Kuwait 2018-02-13 [thenational]

Kuwait Labor Law: Lawmakers mull 35-day annual leave 2017-04-10 [zawya]