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Domestic workers still face beatings, rape, murder

Human Rights Watch says laws in Mideast and Asia do not protect against abuse.

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Iran continues to execute juveniles - HRW

US-based rights group says country executed 19-year-old on Oct. 30 - seventh this year.

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Saudi gov't urged to lift travel ban on lawyer

Human Rights Watch group calls for action to relax restrictions on award-winning solicitor.

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Abused maids die each week in Lebanon: HRW

Foreign maids in Lebanon committing suicide to escape bad treatment.

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Obama called on to tackle Mideast rights abuse

Human Rights Watch urges residential contender to make human rights a priority.

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The hands that build the UAE for just $7.60 a day

Construction minimum wage is a heated issue across the Gulf, with little response from some governments.

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Torture claims dog Bahrain riot trial

Authorities accused of beating, electrocuting and even sexually assaulting detainees during interrogation.

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Saudi demands action against illegal recruiters

Kingdom moves to stop abuse of migrant workers following criticism.

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Domestic workers 'treated like slaves'

Human rights campaigners claim some Saudi's abusing female migrant workers to point of slavery.

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Rights group slams Saudi firm

The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has hit out at Saudi Arabia's Nukhba House of Medical Services over a pay dispute which has left 55 Asian health workers stranded in the Kingdom.

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HRW criticises Saudi on maid abuse ruling

Human Rights Watch slams 'outrageous, dangerous' court ruling in Indonesian maid abuse case.

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HRW demands immediate release of Saudi activist

Rights group says secret police arrest university professor for prison criticism.

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Saudi urged to squash blasphemy death sentence

Rights group calls on gov't to dismiss verdict against barber for 'cursing name of God'.

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Saudi women denied basic human rights

Kingdom's mail guardianship and segregation policies 'grossly discriminatory', HRW says.

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Syria pressured to free detainees ahead of summit

Rights group calls on Arab League to exert influence over country's gov't.

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HRW urges Saudi to protect child suspects

Human Rights Watch calls on kingdom to protect children from abuses during interrogation and trial.

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Egypt slammed over HIV crackdown

Misguided prosecutions reveal official ignorance and prejudice about HIV, says Human Rights Watch.

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'Chemical Ali' execution approved

Saddam Hussein's cousin to be executed for ordering gas attacks on Kurds in 1980s, officials say.

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Human Rights Watch calls to reject broadcast charter

Charter will seriously impede right of people in Arab world, US-based group says.

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45 labourers jailed over violent protest

Dubai sends out warning to workers about demonstrating over pay and conditions.

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Protestors demand release of activists

Around 2,500 Bahrainis take to streets over detention and alleged abuse of rights and political activists.

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Bahrain urged to probe prisoner abuse claims

Gov't should investigate complaints from opposition activists, says rights group.

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Rights group outrage at Egypt HIV torture

HIV positive men arrested, beaten and chained to beds before unfair trials, watchdog says.

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MoL rejects Human Rights Watch report

The UAE minister of labour, HE Dr Ali Abdulla Al Kaabi has defended the country's efforts to improve workers' rights saying that even though problems exist, it is doing everything in its power to solve them immediately.

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Bahrain to report on alleged human rights abuses

Kingdom will submit report to UN after recent battles between protesters and police.

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HRW rubbishes flawed report claims

COLOMBO PROCESS: Rights advocate group stands by report on worker abuse despite heavy UAE criticism.

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UAE outrage at Human Rights Watch 'affront'

COLOMBO PROCESS: UAE hits back at group for criticism of domestic worker treatment.

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Rights groups demand four key reforms

Human Rights Watch and other groups urge reforms to protect workers from abuse.

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HRW hopeful Colombo talks will stem worker abuse

Human Rights Watch warns abuse remains 'rampant', calls for minimum standards.

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Prompting positive changes

Do a Google search for ‘construction workers in Dubai' and the first website that comes up is one that contains a Human Rights Watch investigation into the conditions faced by labourers in the emirate.

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Rights group slams continued abuses in Egypt

Human Rights Watch calls on gov't to release activists detained for criticising torture.

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Jailing of editors slammed

Rights groups condemn imprisonment of four editors for criticising Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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Guggenheim called on to protect rights

Human Rights Watch calls on Guggenheim to enforce labour rights during construction of Abu Dhabi branch.

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Campaigners slam Khalifa UN award

Human rights groups say that Bahrain's PM has not solved local housing woes.

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