but this story touched on some basic issues facing the expatriate community here:
1. Some of the diplomatic missions here are not able to lift a finger in protest to help their citizens in distress. Maybe they don't want to cause a rift in relations between an oil-rich nation and their oil-dependent country. All they can do is send their countrymen back home with shattered dreams and trampled dignity.
2. Sponsorship laws should be revisited, if not abolished, because it is prone to abuse. It is good if your sponsor is a law-abiding citizen but if it is some unscrupulous person then a poor worker will always be under his mercy. I think Qatar should think about it as it tries to gain the IOC nod to host the 2016 Olympics.
I won't delve into the issue of rape because it has been thoroughly discussed here but the above issues I think affects both men and women workers in this region.
but this story touched on some basic issues facing the expatriate community here:
1. Some of the diplomatic missions here are not able to lift a finger in protest to help their citizens in distress. Maybe they don't want to cause a rift in relations between an oil-rich nation and their oil-dependent country. All they can do is send their countrymen back home with shattered dreams and trampled dignity.
2. Sponsorship laws should be revisited, if not abolished, because it is prone to abuse. It is good if your sponsor is a law-abiding citizen but if it is some unscrupulous person then a poor worker will always be under his mercy. I think Qatar should think about it as it tries to gain the IOC nod to host the 2016 Olympics.
I won't delve into the issue of rape because it has been thoroughly discussed here but the above issues I think affects both men and women workers in this region.