Indonesian maid tortured in Saudi Arabia, another beaten to death (Contains Graphic Descriptions)

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Source: Migrant Rights

This week, two cases of severe abuse of Indonesian maids by their Saudi sponsors have surfaced, one of them ending in death and the other in serious injuries.

The first case, of 23-year-old Sumiati BT Salan Mustapa was first http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010111587427&archiveissuedate=15/11/2010">reported by the Saudi Gazette. This initial report mentioned that Mustapa arrived in Saudi-Arabia in July to work for a family in Madina. On November 6th Mustapa was admitted to a private hospital in Madina injured from head to toe in an unconscious state. The private hospital was unable to treat her serious injuries and she was transferred to the King Fahd hospital. A worker there told the Gazette that Mustapa’s body “was burned on many places, both legs were almost motionless, some parts of her skin on her head were removed and strong marks of old wounds were on her body including skin loss on lips and head, a fractured middle finger and a cut near an eye.” Mustapa also showed signs of malnutrition or excessive blood loss.

Didi Wahyudri, Indonesia’s citizen protection consul in Saudi Arabia http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/18/saudi.arabia.maid.abuse/">told CNN that Mustapa was abused from the first day of her employment and that she was beaten badly. According to the Al-Watan newspaper http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/housewife-arrested-for-torturing-maid-2010-11-19-1.318509">report, “In room 365 at the orthopedic ward in King Fahd Hospital in Madina, Mustapa looked deformed as if her scalp had been peeled off….burns are scattered all over her lean body including her upper lip and fingers…she is bandaged all over and could hardly move or speak.”

http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/housewife-arrested-for-torturing-maid-2010-11-19-1.318509">A report in the online paper Al-Saudia said today that Mustapa’s female employer was arrested in connection with the case. According to the Madina police chief, three members of the family were involved in the torture.

Read more: http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/11/19/indonesian-maid-tortured-in-saudi-arabia-another-beaten-to-death/

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Indonesian maid 'killed in Saudi Arabia

Source: BBC

Indonesia has demanded an inquiry into reports that a maid working in Saudi Arabia was killed by her employers and her body dumped on a roadside.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said a team had been sent to the Saudi town of Abha to investigate reports of the murder of 36-year-old Kikim Komalasari.

It comes as officials arrived in Saudi Arabia to follow up claims of torture against a second Indonesian maid.

Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa is recovering in hospital in Medina. Her injuries include gashes to her face and cuts to her lips, allegedly inflicted by her employers using scissors. She was also burned with an iron and suffered internal injuries, officials say.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11795356

CNN International on this: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/indonesia.saudi.maid.abuse/index.html">Indonesian maid dies after abuse in Saudi Arabia, rights group says

Earlier story from the BBC about poor Binti's horrific ordeal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11764129">Indonesian president condemns Saudi torture of maid
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Indonesian maids' protection urged

Growing calls within the country to stop sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia after two cases of alleged torture.

Source: Al Jazeera English

Last Modified: Nov 20 2010 08:45 GMT


Members of Migrant Care hold banners that read "Saudi Arabia: Criminal on Humanity" during a protest
in Jakarta

There are growing calls within Indonesia to stop sending migrant domestic workers to Saudi Arabia, following two cases of alleged torture by employers in the past week.

The Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has already announced a moratorium on local women travelling to work in Saudi Arabia after Sumiati binti Salan Mustapa, a 23-year-old woman from the region, was hospitalised in the Saudi city of Medina.

"This moratorium is an assertion from the local administration, which also pushes for the central government to take action to stop abuse of Indonesian migrant workers, especially those from NTB," Zainui Majdi, the governor of NTB, was quoting as saying by the news website kompas.com.

Majdi urged the central government to defend Sumiati's rights and promised to provide her with compensation.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/11/2010112073331127625.html

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1. Disgusting! n/t