Saudi Arabia executes second Indonesian maid in one week (their imported labor from poor Africans & Asians)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/asia/indonesia-saudi-arabia-executions/
The Guardian has better details & this was from 2013 while the above link is last week
Saudi Arabia's treatment of foreign workers under fire after beheading of Sri Lankan maid
More than 45 foreign maids are facing execution on death row in Saudi Arabia, the Observer has learned, amid growing international outrage at the treatment of migrant workers.
The startling figure emerged after Saudi Arabia beheaded a 24-year-old Sri Lankan domestic worker, Rizana Nafeek, in the face of appeals for clemency from around the world.
The exact number of maids on death row is almost certainly higher, but Saudi authorities do not publish official figures. Indonesians are believed to account for the majority of those facing a death sentence. Human rights groups say 45 Indonesian women are on death row, and five have exhausted the legal process.
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"Some domestic workers find kind employers who treat them well, but others face intense exploitation and abuse, ranging from months of hard work without pay to physical violence to slavery-like conditions," said Nisha Varia from Human Rights Watch. There are about 1.5 million foreign maids in Saudi Arabia, including about 375,000 Sri Lankans.
An International Labour Organisation report last week warned that an estimated 52.6 million domestic workers around the world lack legal rights and protections. But Varia said Saudi Arabia posed unique problems because legal protections were weaker and the chance of access to justice more remote.
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"The Saudi justice system is characterised by arbitrary arrests, unfair trials and harsh punishments," she said. "Migrants are at high risk of being victims of spurious charges. A domestic worker facing abuse or exploitation from her employer might run away and then be accused of theft. Employers may accuse domestic workers, especially those from Indonesia, of witchcraft. Victims of rape and sexual assault are at risk of being accused of adultery and fornication."
Migrants are also said to struggle to gain access to lawyers and translators and it is not uncommon, according to Human Rights Watch, for the Saudi authorities to prevent those arrested from contacting their embassies.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/13/saudi-arabia-treatment-foreign-workers
2013 -- to this week some things never change. US their labor system. Halliburton & KBR have been human trafficking for over a decade.
What is the US problem? You can blame Saudi Arabia & IS for Wahabbism easily but what is the United States excuse is my question & what is the United States excuse for supporting the original Wahhabi cult? Oil? GMFB.
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