Domestic Help In Saudi Arabia

The return of an Indian housemaid working in Saudi Arabia, who broke her back trying to escape abusive employers, has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of domestic workers in Gulf countries.

A 45-year-old woman from Thane, who was subjected to harassment by her employer in Saudi Arabia, will return to India today, thanks to Ministry of External Affairs' prompt response and social media through which she reached out for help.

PM Modi had met Saudi King Salman Al Saud in Turkey on the margins of the G20 Summit on November 16.

The family of an Indian woman domestic help, whose hand was allegedly chopped off by her employer in Saudi Arabia, has dismissed the claim of Saudi police that she was suffering from "mental disturbances".

Riyadh police on Friday said that an Indian woman lost her arm due to a fall from a building and not because of an attack by her Saudi employer as was reported in India and elsewhere.

The Saudi Arabian employer, accused of chopping off the hand of an Indian domestic help, has claimed that the woman had to get her hand amputated in hospital after she damaged it badly while allegedly jumping from the third floor of his house.

An Indian woman's right arm was chopped off allegedly by her employer in Saudi Arabia because she had complained about harassment and torture. India has recorded its strong protest and asked the Saudi authorities to take action.

A Saudi Arabian diplomat is being investigated after two Nepalese women rescued from his home in Gurgaon have alleged gang-rape and repeated assault.

The body of an Indian man who was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian domestic help in Saudi Arabia last month has been flown home.

An Indian male house nurse was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian co-maid in the Saudi Arabia city of Dammam, local media reported today.

After returning to Mumbai, 42-yr-old recalls how her inhuman employer denied her food & medical treatment. In its July 5 edition, Mid-Day had carried a report on beautician Ishwariben Hargun's (42) misadventures on foreign soil, after she was duped by a recruitment agency and forced to work as a domestic helper for an Arabian national. Ishwaribe...

In a gruesome incident, a Saudi family has allegedly hammered 23 nails into a Sri Lankan maid's body, a media report said, quoting a senior diplomat in the Lankan Embassy in Riyadh."We have received this complaint from Foreign Ministry in Colombo, who said the maid has been allegedly tortured by her sponsor. We are looking for the sponsor. We were ...

The return of an Indian housemaid working in Saudi Arabia, who broke her back trying to escape abusive employers, has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of domestic workers in Gulf countries.

A 45-year-old woman from Thane, who was subjected to harassment by her employer in Saudi Arabia, will return to India today, thanks to Ministry of External Affairs' prompt response and social media through which she reached out for help.

PM Modi had met Saudi King Salman Al Saud in Turkey on the margins of the G20 Summit on November 16.

The family of an Indian woman domestic help, whose hand was allegedly chopped off by her employer in Saudi Arabia, has dismissed the claim of Saudi police that she was suffering from "mental disturbances".

Riyadh police on Friday said that an Indian woman lost her arm due to a fall from a building and not because of an attack by her Saudi employer as was reported in India and elsewhere.

The Saudi Arabian employer, accused of chopping off the hand of an Indian domestic help, has claimed that the woman had to get her hand amputated in hospital after she damaged it badly while allegedly jumping from the third floor of his house.

An Indian woman's right arm was chopped off allegedly by her employer in Saudi Arabia because she had complained about harassment and torture. India has recorded its strong protest and asked the Saudi authorities to take action.

A Saudi Arabian diplomat is being investigated after two Nepalese women rescued from his home in Gurgaon have alleged gang-rape and repeated assault.

The body of an Indian man who was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian domestic help in Saudi Arabia last month has been flown home.

An Indian male house nurse was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian co-maid in the Saudi Arabia city of Dammam, local media reported today.

After returning to Mumbai, 42-yr-old recalls how her inhuman employer denied her food & medical treatment. In its July 5 edition, Mid-Day had carried a report on beautician Ishwariben Hargun's (42) misadventures on foreign soil, after she was duped by a recruitment agency and forced to work as a domestic helper for an Arabian national. Ishwaribe...

In a gruesome incident, a Saudi family has allegedly hammered 23 nails into a Sri Lankan maid's body, a media report said, quoting a senior diplomat in the Lankan Embassy in Riyadh."We have received this complaint from Foreign Ministry in Colombo, who said the maid has been allegedly tortured by her sponsor. We are looking for the sponsor. We were ...