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Bahrain: Agricultural migrant workers face multiple labour abuses, lack 'awareness of their rights'
Author: Hana Buhijji, Migrant-rights
"The forgotten farmers of Bahrain," 24 Sep 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Migrant workers
Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
Author: Migrant-rights
"Non-payment of wages: An issue on the rise for low-income migrant workers in Bahrain," 13 Oct 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Migrant workers
Engineers Against Poverty recommends improvements to Wage Protection Systems in the Gulf, based on global comparison
Engineers Against Poverty (EAP) have released the third paper in a series focusing on protecting the addressing the issue of late, partial or non-payment of wages of migrant construction workers in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries....
UN Human Rights Office documents growing reprisals against civil society for cooperating with United Nations
Author: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
"Human rights: Reported reprisals on the rise, says UN", 19 Sep 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Women human rights defenders
India: Govt. records 77,155 labour abuse allegations by migrant workers in the Gulf between 2016-2019
The Indian government has released figures detailing the numbers of allegations of labour abuse it has received from migrant workers to the Gulf countries in the four years between 2016 and 2019. 77,155 complaints were made to embassies and consulates...
Bahrain: Launch of Wage Protection System delayed for third time
Author: Migrant Rights
Bahrain now expects to implement the Wage Protection System (WPS) in September 2019. The WPS mandates employers to pay wages via bank transfer and will alert the government of delayed or non-payment of wages. Bahrain had previously planned to launch...
Middle East & North Africa: Telecommunication cos. Ooredoo & Etisalat backslide in Ranking Digital Rights benchmark
Author: Afef Abrougui, Ranking Digital Rights
"Arab region’s telecommunications companies fail to respect users’ digital rights", 12 Jun 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights Technology and Human Rights: Digital Freedom
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Bahrain: Increased efforts to respect human and migrant rights
Author: KBC channel
"Bahrain’s investment in human rights attracts foreign workers", 8th March 2019...
Bahrain: Authorities take legal action against Bramco for labour violations; company could not be reached for comment
Author: Raji Unnikrishnan, GDN Online (Bahrain)
"Authorities step in to resolve Bramco labour dispute", 18 Feb 2019...
- Related companies: Bramco Group
Key lessons for civil society to expand civic space include adaptation of new business models, report says
Author: Catherine Hyde Townsend, Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA)
A CSO Playbook to reclaim civic space, 21 Dec 2018...
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