Slavery in Saudi Arabia: Abusers without Frontiers………
“RIYADH: A Filipina housemaid in Taif who had been repeatedly raped by her employer told Arab News on Sunday that she will soon be repatriated to the Philippines. The maid telephoned Arab News to express gratitude for bringing her case to the attention of the Philippines consulate, which had in turn sought the help of the authorities to find her. The housemaid was telephoning from a police station in Taif’s Al-Salamah district where she and her employer had been asked to report. The consulate’s case officer and community coordinator accompanied the maid. “At about 11 a.m. today (Sunday) we finally arrived at the police station in Al-Salamah district,” she said. She added that she wanted her sponsor to be jailed but agreed to drop the case in exchange for immediate repatriation and SR10,000, plus two months unpaid salaries. The maid was being paid SR800 a month. “As part of the settlement, I would be repatriated immediately. I will, however, have to pay for my plane ticket,” the housemaid said…….”
Her salary was SR800 a month. That is about US $200 a month. Two hundredfuckingdollars in the richest country in the world. Apparently it included, besides 24/7 work, unlimited forced sex, or so the employers thought.
In the moderate New Absolute Middle East. Maybe Thomas Friedman will drop a word to the royals next time he is over there?
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