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Gandhiguevara Legend Username: Gandhiguevara Post Number: 60031 Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 138.229.167.61 Rating: |
aadi badhallo aadunte aadi meeda satires ...'sick fella' | ||
Telugu_times Legend Username: Telugu_times Post Number: 47050 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 71.156.80.167 Rating: N/A |
 Ignore spam. | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 38169 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
She is already on the case naku telisi. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Raman Legend Username: Raman Post Number: 42507 Registered: 01-2009 Posted From: 49.207.185.64 Rating: N/A |
tilgan SA lanti boku country tho polchaddu .. think about this poor fellow no one is there to help .. sushma ki seppi edanna cheyinchu | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 38168 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
Abdul Sattar ki tolerance levels taggayi anukunta .. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Raman Legend Username: Raman Post Number: 42504 Registered: 01-2009 Posted From: 49.207.185.64 Rating: N/A |
http://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-worker-posted-vide o-about-saudi-arabia-then-things-got-worse-1289427?pfrom=hom e-lateststories Abdul Sattar Makandar is a 35-year-old father of four from India. A little less than two years ago, he was recruited to work in Saudi Arabia as a driver, joining the enormous number of South Asian migrants who head to the Middle East's Gulf states for employment. Last week, a tearful video from Makandar went viral in India and elsewhere. In the video, posted to Facebook by New Delhi-based activist Kundan Srivastava, Makandar cried as he said that his employer was preventing him from traveling home to India. "My employer doesn't give me proper salary and does not give me money for food," Makander said in the video. The footage swiftly sparked an outcry in India. Over the past few years there have been a number of controversial cases of alleged abuse of South Asian workers in the Gulf states. Last year, an Indian domestic worker reportedly had her hand cut off by her Saudi employer, prompting condemnation from India's minister of external affairs and the eventual repatriation of the worker. However, Makandar's video has caused only more problems for him so far. Srivastava, the activist who posted the video, said that the truck driver was arrested by Saudi authorities Monday shortly after the video spread and accused of the "spread of misinformation," a criminal act in Saudi Arabia. Srivastava said that he was then contacted by Makandar's employer and told to remove the original video and replace it with an apology, which he did. "Yes! I'm a human rights activist, believe a human is my family member and humanity is my family. I apologies on behalf... "I deleted the Video now which was uploaded on my official page and would urge the company authorities to forgive Abdul Sattar Makandar mistakes which had done according to your rules and regulations." The company Makandar works for, Al Suroor United Group, has denied the accusations against it, saying that their employees are free to resign if they wish and that the company has been paying Makandar. A representative for the recruitment agency that found Makandar his position also told the BBC that he was being paid on time. Srivastava said that the apology did get Makandar released -- but the truck driver was swiftly rearrested the next morning on unknown charges. Makandar's mother has also failed in her attempts to contact her son, the Hindu reported. "The last I spoke to him was five days ago, his friends informed me he is in prison," she told the Indian newspaper. Srivastava is now appealing for help from India's minister of external affairs, Sushma Swaraj, but said that he has not received a response. Makandar "is still under arrest and no government is helping me," he said in an email, adding that messages he received from Makandar suggest the migrant worker thinks his life is in danger. Saudi Arabia is one of a number of oil-rich Gulf states that have relied on foreign workers for decades. Indian government figures suggest that there were over 2.8 million Indians living in Saudi Arabia last year. Many are attracted by the possibilities of relatively good wages for unskilled labor, but activists say that migrant workers in Saudi Arabia can be exploited under the country's visa sponsorship system, known as kafala. Saudi Arabia implemented a number of reforms to the system last year, and in 2014 the government set up a website to inform migrant workers of their rights. A request for comment on Makandar's case was not immediately returned by the Saudi ministry of culture and information. |
