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Leeds UCU condemns Saudi court’s 34 year jail sentence for PhD student Salma al-Shehab 2022-08-28 [MENA Solidarity Network]

Global unions call for justice for Saudi women‘s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul 2020-12-21 [IndustriALL]

Man ‘held captive' by employer in Saudi Arabia 2017-03-18 [The Hindu]

Labor-recruitment expert Geslani confirms rampant ‘sale' of domestics 2018-03-01 [The Mirror]

“The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants” 2018-06-14 [Equal Times]

Global unions call for justice for Saudi women‘s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul 2020-12-22 [IFJ]

Why Saudi Women Are Literally Living ‘The Handmaid's Tale' 2017-05-25 [NYT]

Update on Reported Imminent Beheading of Mujaba'a al-Sweikat 2017-07-17 [AFT]

Court ruling in Jamal Khashoggi's murder case is a shocking denial of justice 2020-09-09 [IFJ]

Saudi Arabia: 28,000 women apply for 30 train driver jobs 2022-02-17 [Radio New Zealand International]

Saudi Arabia: Investigation into high death rate among Nepali workers finds unsafe working conditions, lack of investigations & relatives left destitute 2022-02-17 [Business and Human Rights Resource Centre]

Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns 2021-09-01 [Human Rights Watch]

Kenyan agency United Manpower allegedly 'refused pleas' of domestic worker in Saudi Arabia abused by employer & who died in detention 2021-08-12 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Women migrant workers detained for month 2021-04-15 [Amnesty International]

Labor Reforms Insufficient - Abusive Elements Remain; Changes Exclude Domestic Workers 2021-03-27 [Human Rights Watch]

Personal Drivers Face Abuse; Forthcoming Kafala Reforms Overlook Vulnerable Domestic Workers 2020-12-27 [Human Rights Watch]

Migrants Held in Inhuman, Degrading Conditions 2020-12-15 [Human Rights Watch]

Country ratifies ILO conventions setting out safeguards with crucial importance for the response to COVID-19 2020-12-09 [ILO]

450 jobless Indian workers forced to beg 2020-09-19 [TNN]

ITF and Saudi Arabia commit to work closer together to support seafarers 2019-11-06 [ITF]

Khashoggi : A year without justice 2019-10-02 [IFJ]

IFJ: End the lies, cover-up and appeasement over killing of Jamal Khashoggi 2018-10-18 [IFJ]

Saudi Arabia announces new work rules for women 2019-01-21 [khaleejtimes]

IFJ Executive reinforces calls for international action to hold Saudi government accountable for Khashoggi murder 2018-11-22 [IFJ]

Outrage as Saudis Secretly Execute Indonesian Worker 2018-11-05 [Freedom United]

IFJ: End the lies, cover-up and appeasement over killing of Jamal Khashoggi 2018-10-18 [IFJ]

Overworked, abused, hungry: Vietnamese domestic workers in Saudi 2018-09-19 [Al Jazeera]

The everyday acts of resistance from migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia 2018-01-31 [Equal Times]

International effort to avert executions of peaceful protesters 2017-07-27 [Education International]

Teachers unions call to halt execution of peaceful protestors 2017-07-18 [Education International]

Progress for Saudi women: Number of female workers surges 130% in four years 2017-07-07 [Zawya]

'You dog!' man in Saudi attacks terrified migrant worker for eating during Ramadan fasting hours 2017-06-19 [Al Araby]

Ugandan domestic workers stuck between poverty wages at home and extreme exploitation abroad 2017-06-16 [Equal Times]

What will it take to protect Filipino domestic workers from abuse and exploitation in the Middle East? 2017-06-15 [Equal Times]

Saudi labor market has structural problems, says minister 2017-04-20 [Zawya]

Gvt puts resources into punishing protesting workers but not to protect or repay them 2017-02-05 [Migrant Rights]

Exploited foreign workers flogged, jailed for protests 2017-01-05 [TeleSUR ]

Foreign workers jailed, flogged over unpaid wages protest 2017-01-06 [Middle East Eye]

Protesting workers jailed 2017-01-05 [AFP]

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