Ethiopian maid faces execution in Saudi Arabia

Arab News-The Appeals Court in Makkah has ordered the execution of an Ethiopian housemaid for murdering her female employer in the Misan region, 150 km south of Taif, local media reported. The housemaid, 18, confessed to hitting her 50-year-old employer with an ax on the back as she was saying her noon prayer. Her husband

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Controversies over the pardoning of Ethiopian maids murderers

Asharq al-Awsat By Abdulrahman al-Rashed This is yet another sickening narrative in the world of crime that has given us the right to ask: isn’t it about time to reconsider provisions that allow criminals to be released and escape punishment under the excuse of a victim’s family pardon? Doesn’t the society also have the right

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Treat your maids as human beings, official warns

Advice comes after domestic worker was arrested last week for attempting to murder sponsor’s children By Aghaddir Ali Gulf News April 21, 2014 Dubai: Residents are being urged to choose their maids carefully and treat them humanely if they want

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Man arrested for allegedly raping Ethiopian woman

Mar 24, 2014  The Daily Star BEIRUT: Police detained two employees at an employment agency for domestic workers over the rape of an Ethiopian woman, the Internal Security Forces said in a statement Sunday.  On March 17, a 33-year-old Ethiopian

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Ethiopian maid in Kuwait killed the daughter of her Sponsor

Mar 16, 2014 KUWAIT CITY, March 16: An Ethiopian housemaid allegedly killed the 19-yearold daughter of Deputy Director General of the Public Authority for Youths and Sports (PAYS) Hamoud Fulaitah while she was sleeping at 6:00 am on Sunday. Preliminary

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Ban on Ethiopian workers still in place but Traffickers still Advertise

Jan 14, 2014 The Ministry of Labor has issued a warning that some Ethiopian recruitment companies are still advertising the services of workers despite a ban being in place. Hattab Al-Enizi, spokesman of the ministry, said that the Ethiopian government

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