Human Trafficking in [United Arab Emirates Street Children in [United Arab Emirates] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [United Arab Emirates] [other countries] |
Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the
21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/UnitedArabEmirates.htm
The
United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a destination for men and women, predominantly
from South and Southeast Asia, trafficked for the purposes of labor and
commercial sexual exploitation. Migrant workers, who comprise more than 90
percent of the UAE’s private sector workforce, are
recruited from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia,
Ethiopia, Eritrea, China, and the Philippines. Women from some of these
countries travel willingly to work as domestic servants or administrative
staff, but some are subjected to conditions indicative of forced labor,
including unlawful withholding of passports, restrictions on movement,
non-payment of wages, threats, or physical or sexual abuse. Trafficking of
domestic workers is facilitated by the fact that the normal protections
provided to workers under UAE labor law do not apply to domestic workers,
leaving them more vulnerable to abuse. Similarly, men from India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, and Pakistan are drawn to the UAE for work in the construction
sector, but are often subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude and
debt bondage. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full
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18] 3.1. GENERAL CONDITIONS - Isolation is a dominant feature of foreign female
domestic worker work environment in the Legally, once a foreign female
domestic worker enters her employer’s house, she is totally under his/her
control, since the employer is usually her visa sponsor. Even today, Woman jailed for forcing child into sex trade Independent Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/world/woman-jailed-for-forcing-child-into-sex-trade-1.226224 [accessed 6 January 2011] Last week a non-governmental organisation said there was a growing trend in the
abduction and sale of Tajik boys for sexual exploitation abroad. The Modar organisation said groups
in the United Arab Emirates,
Turkey, Pakistan and other countries were prepared to pay as much as
$70 000 for a Tajik boy between the ages of 10 and 12. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61701.htm [accessed 6 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The
government made significant progress toward eliminating the practice of
trafficking in young foreign boys as camel jockeys, which until March had
been a serious problem for many years. On July 5, President Khalifa promulgated a federal law that prohibits persons
below age 18 from participating in camel races and subjects violators to
imprisonment and financial penalties. The government also worked with UNICEF,
source country embassies, and NGOs to rescue, rehabilitate, and repatriate
approximately 1,034 children who had worked as camel jockeys. By year's end,
an additional 39 children were in the remaining rehabilitation shelter
awaiting repatriation. During the year, there were a
number of media reports of trafficking in women and girls into the country,
especially to Law enforcement, particularly in Human Rights Reports » 2004
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, February 28, 2005 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41734.htm [accessed 6 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – There
was an increasing number of media reports during the year of trafficking in
women and girls to the country, especially to In July 2003, the Government
banned the widespread practice of sponsors forcing workers to surrender their
passports as a condition of employment. However, the practice reportedly
continued to be widespread. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7 June 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/uae2002.html [accessed 6 January 2011] [40] Despite noting some efforts
by the State party, the Committee is seriously concerned at the hazardous
situation of children involved in camel racing. In particular it is concerned
that: sometimes very young children are involved; are trafficked,
particularly from Africa and South Asia; are denied education and healthcare;
and that such involvement produces serious injuries, even fatalities. It
concurs with the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions
and Recommendations which has previously indicated to the State party that
the employment of children as camel jockeys constitutes dangerous work under
article 3(1) of ILO Convention no. 138, concerning the minimum age for
admission to employment. 46% of absconding maids victimised
by employers Nadia Sultan, The Gulf Today, November 01, 2010 gulftoday.ae/portal/e1b6f758-0d72-4ac6-9752-e083227a2e66.aspx [accessed 1 November 2010] While discussing the cases that
they have been involved with, Jamal said that a widow in her twenties,
identified as SSH, had been suffering from financial problems in her country.
When she saw an advertisement about a job in the UAE, she left her two
children and signed a contract that said she would be paid Dhs5,000. When she
came to the country, she worked as a maid for a family, but was soon
persuaded to abandon her sponsor by a compatriot. The woman had told her that
she would give her a better job with double the salary. The maid ran away and
found herself involved in a gang that ran a flat for prostitution. When she
tried to run away, they beat her up and raped her. Later, she threw herself
off the balcony from the third floor and was paralyzed from her lower half
and is now being treated at a hospital. The gang was then arrested and
referred to the court. He also gave the example of
another trafficking case involving two European girls, who were both under
the age of 15. The girls had come to the country along with their mother and
their Asian stepfather, but the stepfather then sold the older girl. The
other daughter was also exploited and made to work as a prostitute. Both
girls later went to the police, who arrested the stepfather, said Jamal,
adding that the case is still ongoing. Despite this, he noted that there
has been progress towards solving the problem. Highlighting the efforts made by the
police, Jamal said that victims now seem to have more confidence in
officials, as there have more than 10 cases where women that have become
victims in such crimes have approached the police on their own. This is
despite the fact that they had entered the country illegally or had an
expired visa, he added. “Issues
related to trusting officials are problematic all around the world, but Dubai
Police has tried to ensure that victims know that the police are dealing with
the cases seriously. Human trafficking and prostitution gang jailed Eman Al Baik,
Emirates 24/7 News, October 30, 2010 www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/human-trafficking-and-prostitution-gang-jailed-2010-10-30-1.310861 [accessed 1 November 2010] A 22-year old Kyrgyz woman arrived
in the country on April 28, 2009, on a visit visa following a promise of a
pastry job for $700 by a compatriot woman who arranged for her the visa, air
ticket and accommodation. An
unidentified woman received her at the airport. When the visitor asked about
the woman who had offered her the job, she told her that she had been sold to
her for $32,000. The unknown woman
told her that she had to pay back the costs in prostitution. The unknown woman then sold her to the
gang consisting of three Uzbek women identified as NT, KS, and NA, and two
Afghan men KJN and KI who raped the victim and forced her into prostitution. The victim was asked to please 10 men a
day and if she refused her rapist would threaten to kill her and tortured her
with cigarettes and beat her up. International workshop on human trafficking opens Dina El Shammaa, Gulf News, October 27, 2010 gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/international-workshop-on-human-trafficking-opens-1.702268 [accessed 6 January 2011] The UAE acknowledges the existence
of human trafficking as a problem, since the common scenario among the
majority of trafficked persons in the UAE, is that they are promised
illusionary job-positions, and end up working under conditions against their
consent (i.e. prostitution). “Human trafficking crimes are
common in economically stable countries because business is lucrative. That’s
why the UAE is under risk of attracting more human traffickers. Not to
mention that the UAE is close to the borders of countries involved in such
crimes; victims mostly arrive from South East Asia and Africa,” the UNODC
told Gulf News during the sidelines of the forum. UAE anti-trafficking report documents progress Al Bawaba News, May 31st, 2009 www1.albawaba.com/en/news/uae-anti-trafficking-report-documents-progress [accessed 6 January 2011] The annual report, “Combatting Human Trafficking in the UAE – 2008-09",
highlights the country’s stand on the crime, efforts to counter it, progress made,
obstacles encountered, and plans for the future. According to the report, over 20 cases
were registered last year, as opposed to 10 cases in 2007. "This
represents an 100 percent increase in registered
cases compared to 2007, suggesting that the combating process is gradually,
but surely, intensifying," the report said. The number of prosecutions and the
severity of punishments prescribed by the UAE courts also increased
significantly, the report said, adding that there were convictions in six cases,
with two people receiving life sentence. According to Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash,
“The UAE firmly stands against both the exploitation of human beings. The
resolve to fight trafficking at home and abroad in collaboration with
international partners remains central to the country's anti-trafficking
strategy.” Dr. Gargash,
who is also the chairman of the anti-trafficking committee, said “The UAE
will continue to take a lead on this issue in the region and internationally,
acknowledging the existence of human trafficking as a problem that afflicts
our society, just as it does in many other countries." Human trafficking gang busted, girl recovered The News International, www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=179371 [access date unavailable] The Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) Sunday busted an international human trafficking gang and recovered a
girl sold to an Arab Sheikh for Rs2 million. The officials of the FIA
Peshawar were tipped off that a gang would smuggle a young girl of Lala Killay to US Report on Human Trafficking in UAE a Lie Khaleej Times, Abu Dhabi, 6 May 2009 www.thefreelibrary.com/US+Report+on+Human+Trafficking+in+UAE+a+Lie.-a0199157394 [accessed 6 January 2011] [scroll down] Dr Mohammed Anwar
Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and
Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, has dismissed
a US State Department report that the UAE has around 10,000 victims of human
trafficking as a mere lie. Speaking
at the Federal National Council (FNC) session on Tuesday, the minister said
the report has political motivation and is a reflection of the political
philosophy of the US State Department. Woman jailed for forcing child into sex trade Independent Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/world/woman-jailed-for-forcing-child-into-sex-trade-1.226224 [accessed 6 January 2011] Last week a non-governmental organisation said there was a growing trend in the
abduction and sale of Tajik boys for sexual exploitation abroad. The Modar organisation said groups
in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Pakistan and other countries were
prepared to pay as much as $70 000 for a Tajik boy between the ages of
10 and 12. Case study 3 (Victim - U.A.E.) [PDF] International Organization for Migration IOM,
"Trafficking in Women and Children from the Republic of Armenia: A
Study" (2001) www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/iom_2001__child_women_traff.pdf [accessed 27 August 2011] [page 48] "I met my boyfriend at my
girl-friend’s house. He had been dating me for a month already when he told
me he was going to marry me. My boyfriend told me we could earn some money
for our wedding if we went to work in We would stay for three months
there to earn enough money and come back. I was extremely happy. I could not
believe all that was happening to me. He took my passport and all necessary
papers and said that he would take care of visa and travel arrangements. I
was so happy and careless that I did not even ask to see the tickets or
documents. The day of departure came. We took the plane and instead of He took me to a hotel and said
that he was going to see his friend and would be back soon. Two hours later a
man came to take me to another hotel saying that I was his property. I could
not understand, I kept saying that it was a misunderstanding and that my
friend would come soon. I had come to Three on traficking charges Salam Hafez, The National, Mar 9, 2009 www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/three-on-traficking-charges [accessed 6 January 2011] Police have arrested three men of
Eastern European origin on charges of human trafficking and forcing women
into prostitution. They lured women
from their own countries to the UAE with the promise of jobs in the
hospitality or retail sector, but instead held them prisoners as prostitutes
in brothels in Deira, planning to sell them on for
Dh5,000 (US$1,360), a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) source
said. The gang threatened to kill them
if they talked, police added. Human Trafficking from Anwar Ahmad, Khaleej
Times, [accessed 6 January 2011] Incidents of human trafficking and
children being employed as camel jockeys have dropped to low levels,
according to figures from the EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE MENACE - Mostly children are lured with
good life and quality education promises while for the women it is for
brighter prospects. The establishment
of the National Committee for combating human trafficking in accordance with
the federal law is a bright spot in the record of the UAE which is considered
a forerunner in the field of human rights. A study conducted by the Abu Dhabi
police said as many as 10,000 human trafficking cases were registered in 2008
in the UAE, which include camel jockeys and women forced into
prostitution. The UAE returned more
than 1,000 children employed as camel jockeys to their countries of origin in
a co-ordinated effort with Unicef,
and is also involved in programmes to rehabilitate
them. Police sting nets human traffickers The National, 15 December 2008 – Source: www.thenational.ae/article/20081215/NATIONAL/818203618/1138 www.uaeinteract.com/news/rss-news.asp?ID=33321 [accessed 6 January 2011] Police said they had dismantled a
network which lured women from their home countries with promises of
legitimate work, only to force them into prostitution. The gang also preyed on women who had
absconded from sponsors in The woman was lured to the UAE to
work legally as a maid by one of the gang members, the police said. She was
kidnapped on arrival, imprisoned and forced into prostitution while the gang
waited to trade her to anyone who would meet their asking price. It is
unclear whether the woman would remain here or be sent back to Three women accuse owner of the City of Bassma Al Jandaly,
Gulf News, [accessed 6 January 2011] Three young women of different
nationalities are accusing the owner of the City of Stiff penalties to combat crime Alia Al Theeb,
Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/stiff-penalties-to-combat-crime-1.97205 [accessed 6 January 2011] Ten human trafficking cases have
been reported in the UAE, five of them are cases in which verdicts have been
issued, while others are still with the judicial authorities, a senior
official said. Major General Khamis
Mattar Al Mazeina, Dubai
Police's Deputy Commandant General, said eight of the cases were in Trafficking tough to tame in rich Lin Noueihed, Reuters, www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2090616420080224 [accessed 6 January 2011] BROKEN PROMISES - Aysha's
case puts a face on the figures. She
was sitting outside her home in Trafficking victims find support and solace Alia Al Theeb,
Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/trafficking-victims-find-support-and-solace-1.219740 [accessed 6 January 2011] Providing legal and psychological
support to the women and children who fall prey to human traffickers are the
goals of a section that was established lately by Dubai Police. The section that takes care of human
trafficking victims at Dubai Police's Human Rights Care Department was
established this year. LURE OF JOBS - Most of the cases the section
receives are related to women who are promised jobs here as nurses or air
hostesses. After they come here,
someone from their own nationality receives them at the airport and takes
their passports. After that, the women
are taken to hotels and forced into prostitution. Some manage to escape and contact the
section through police stations, while others suffer mental torture. Atul Aneja,
The Hindu, www.hindu.com/2007/12/06/stories/2007120652521500.htm [accessed 6 January 2011] Launching a new drive against
human trafficking, authorities in Earlier this year, UAE
Attorney-General Eassam Al-Humaidan
had announced that a decision had been taken to confront human traffickers
with an iron hand. He said practitioners would face a five-year jail
sentence. Besides, anyone convicted of forming a gang for this purpose would
be jailed for life. Human Rights Watch questions Guggenheim museum labor Associated Press AP, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] "Our laws are tougher than
anyone else's in the The The United Arab Emirates' ruler,
Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed
Al Nahyan, also announced tough penalties, up to
life imprisonment, against trafficking in humans, which has illegally taken
domestic servants, prostitutes and even child camel race jockeys into the
country. Whitson called the changes
"cosmetic" and said the problem needed to be addressed
systemically. Glen Carey in www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=amKSCFA_Fm3s&refer=home [accessed 6 January 2011] Fei Fei, a
22-year-old from Fight human trafficking Sawsan Fikree,
Special to Gulf News, October 30, 2007 gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/fight-human-trafficking-1.208516 [accessed 6 January 2011] ABJECT
SLAVERY -
The need of the
hour is not a blame game played out by certain media entities and individuals
who claim the moral high ground but of adopting a sensitive awareness to stop
unscrupulous traders in their tracks. Groups and individuals need to synergise to help reluctant victims shed inhibitions and
expose their tormentors. This can be achieved not only through empowerment of
non governmental organisations but also by
enlisting the help of taxi drivers to expose the city's
vice dens. It is also important to be aware
of the extent we end up practising such acts,
unknowingly, by imposing unreasonable hours and endless work loads on our
household helpers. Fight against human trafficking stepped up Bassam Za'za',
Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/fight-against-human-trafficking-stepped-up-1.207644 [accessed 6 January 2011] PREVENTIVE MEASURES - The chief public prosecutor Mansour Abdullah who questioned the suspects said:
"The victims worked as housemaids before they abandoned their
sponsor. "They met S.F. who
promised to hire them and kept them in a flat. An unidentified suspect [who
is still at large] aided S.F. to confine the girls in the flat and forced
them to have sex with customers."
Abdullah said they beat and tortured the girls every time they refused
to have sex with customers. [Editor’s note: the suspects who were charged were Asian] From the arc lights of Vadapalani
to dance bars of www.hindu.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082459750300.htm [accessed 6 January 2011] Meenakshi was once a bubbly girl who worked
in the film studios of Chennai. After finishing her eighth year in school,
she followed in her father’s footsteps and become a junior artist in films.
Beautiful and fair, Meenakshi received a lot of
attention on the sets. Meenakshi had befriended two
middle-aged female dancers who had told her she could go to Ali Al-Shouk, 7DAYS General and
Local News, -- Source:
http://www.7days.ae/en/2007/07/11/dubai-justice-was-done.html [accessed 6 January 2011] [scroll down to Wednesday 11 Jul, 2007] Two plead innocent to human trafficking charges Bassam Za'za',
Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/two-plead-innocent-to-human-trafficking-charges-1.188627 [accessed 6 January 2011] A housemaid and a driver are
pleading innocent against the human trafficking of an Indonesian female even
though they were caught red-handed trying to sell her to a policeman. "The Indians then sold me for
Dh4,300 to T.S. and M.K. who forced me into
prostitution," she said in her statement. They used to pocket the sex customer's
money for themselves and the 29-year-old used 'to beat and abuse me', she
alleged. Meanwhile, the Public Prosecution
is currently looking into the third case of its kind. Two Indians suspects are believed to have
sold two housemaids, a 23-year-old Bangladeshi and a 33-year-old Indonesian,
for Dh9,000 and were forcing them into prostitution. Human trafficking from Armenia to Dubai, UAE Esra'a, Mideast
Youth, www.mideastyouth.com/2007/06/19/human-trafficking-from-armenia-to-dubai-uae/ [accessed 6 January 2011] when she arrived in Private sector 'can help combat human trafficking' Bassam Za'Za',
Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/private-sector-can-help-combat-human-trafficking-1.183045 [accessed 6 January 2011] He said T.S. and M.K. used the
victim's poverty to subjugate and exploit her into working in the sex
industry unwillingly. "The couple bought her from an unidentified person
for Dh4,300 after she reportedly abandoned her
sponsor. When she refused to have sex with customers, she got brutally beaten
by the female suspect," said the Attorney General. New study shames human traffickers Patrick Mathangani, The
Standard, May 11, 2007 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] Countries in the A new report by an international
trade unions’ umbrella organisation says Its report, ‘Trafficking in
Persons — The Eastern Africa Situation’, notes that women and children were favourite targets for well-organised
trafficking rings, which operate freely for lack of solid laws against the
vice. Stress on global network to fight human trafficking Zoi Constantine, Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/stress-on-global-network-to-fight-human-trafficking-1.166264 [accessed 6 January 2011] A teacher in her home country, Noora says she was tempted by the promise of a good job
and salary in In her early 20's at the time, Noora was told to expect a representative from the school
where she was to work to collect her from the airport. Instead, she was met
by a couple who took her to their home in Sharjah
and locked her inside a room in a high-rise. "The first couple of days
were a blur. I kept asking when I was starting my job. The wife laughed and
said there is no school - that I had to work as a prostitute," she
remembers. "I was terrified and couldn't do anything. I was
powerless." Trafficking – Serious Problem for R. Ibragimkhalilova, Echo,
13.01.2007 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] Rafiga understood that she was deceived.
But as her neighbor had her passport she tried to persuade “mama UAE : Probe begins into Indian Human Trafficking Racket Khaleej Times, [accessed 6 January 2011] The 54 year-old visitor identified
as A.K.S, 50, and his wife identified as M.S, were waiting for a connecting
flight to The data recorded in the passports
of the two minors showed them to be the sons of the accused but upon
questioning, the couple denied being the parents, claiming they had been
asked by some people in Mumbai to hand over the children to someone in Paris. Dahi: Tough law will help fight all
other forms of trafficking Samir Salama,
Bureau Chief, Gulf News, [accessed 6 January 2011] He warned that thousands of people
in the country could be traffickers without them knowing it. "They are
not aware that the way they treat their domestic servants such as denying
them communication with others, toying with their salaries, as well as the illegal
tricks employed by labour companies constitute servitude." Life term for human trafficking under new federal law Adel Arafah, Khaleej
Times Online, [accessed 6 January 2011] The Ministerial Legislative
Committee (MLC) here approved yesterday an anti-human trafficking federal
draft law. A life-imprisonment term is
to be slapped against anyone implicated in any of the crimes of human
trafficking, such as sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery, or any
malpractices of the kind, the draft law stipulates. Kyrgyz Police Halt Flight To U.A.E. On Trafficking
Suspicion Radio Free Europe/Radio www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2006/06-02-16.rferl.html#21 [accessed 28 August 2011] One, a resident of Country Reports - Marsha A. Freeman & Natalie Hoover, International
Women's Rights Action Watch IWRAW, Prepared for the UN Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 35th Session, May 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] ARTICLE 6 - TRAFFICKING AND
PROSTITUTION [40] -
“Because getting out of Turkmenistan is difficult,” she said, “I allowed
myself to be smuggled out of here via Iran, but I was told I would have a
good job working for an Arab family in Dubai.” After an arduous road
journey across Kidnapped Children Starve As Camel Jockey Slaves Peter Conradi, freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2006/02/uae-horrendous-record-of-child-slavery.html [accessed 6 January 2011] As many as 5,000 children, some as young as two, have been kidnapped or bought from their parents in the Indian sub-continent and Africa as part of a quest by camel trainers to gain the edge over their racing rivals. Camel Jockeys Trying To Recover Lost Childhood Andrew Hammond, Reuters News, freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2006/02/uae-horrendous-record-of-child-slavery.html [accessed 6 January 2011] Both the UAE and Child camel jockeys find hope Lucy Williamson, BBC News, newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4236123.stm [accessed 6 January 2011] Children from Pakistan, Bangladesh
and Sudan are still being smuggled to the United Arab Emirates to work as
camel jockeys, despite a law passed two years ago banning their use. It is not uncommon for child jockeys to
fall off and be injured while racing, and their illegal status means race track
owners are often reluctant to take them to hospital. Instead, says Ansar
Burney, the boys often arrive with broken hands or broken legs. And many, he
says, have been sodomised. Missing Girl Rescued By A Journalist Asian Sex Gazette, www.asiansexgazette.com/asg/middle_east/middleeast02news25.htm [accessed 6 January 2011] “They forced me into
prostitution,” Priya said after she was rescued,
according to a friend. “I was beaten up several times and finally had to give
in to their demands. We were being shifted to a different flat every two
days. The customers used to pay dhs50, which the agents used to collect. It
was a real hell out there.” Work Worries - Women going abroad to work is leading to
more human trafficking Lanka Business Online, 04 Mar 2005 www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1777048731 [accessed 17 February 2011] Sri Lankan women are trafficked to
Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7727 [accessed 6 January 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/united-arab-emirates [accessed 6 January 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DS247.A13 P47 1994 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aetoc.html [accessed 6 January 2011] Slavery of
Children and women in Morteza Aminmansour,
Persian Journal, Jun 20, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] One of the fastest growing means
by which children are enslaved today is trafficking. Girls as young as six
are trafficked to work as maids in UAE and Corruption is Limiting Kazakhstan’s Efforts Against Human
Trafficking Radio Free Europe/Radio At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 September 2011] Most citizens of Human trafficking from Iran to Gulf Shiekhdoms Shargh daily, May 26, 2004 activistchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2551 [accessed 6 January 2011] A group of Iranian boys and girls
will be sold in an auction today in The human hunters were able to
choose 54 Iranian girls out of the 286 that were put on show in an Arab
country's booth. They were then sent to a Leader of Tajik prostitution ring jailed for selling young
women to Emirates Agence France-Presse
AFP, 26 April 2004 eforums.healthdev.org/read/messages?id=553 [accessed 6 January 2011] The leader of a prostitution ring
in "Over the last four years,
this criminal group transported young women to the 'Modern-Day Slavery' Prompts Rescue Efforts Staff researcher Bobbye Pratt
contributed to this report, The Washington Post, May 2, 2004 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61457-2004May2_4.html [accessed 6 January 2011] Halla forbade Muka
from bathing because "she did not want my germs in the shower," Muka wrote. Halla often slapped
her and kicked her while wearing boots and shoes. Once, Halla noticed
a scratch on the baby's nose. "She pulled a knife out of the drawer and
demonstrated pulling the knife across her throat as if to slice it," Muka wrote. "While she was doing this, she looked at
me and said that if a scratch occurred again, she would kill me." Halla confiscated
her passport and told her "bad people" would hurt her if she ever
left, according to Muka's statement. Muka said she imagined government officials tracking her
down. Department of Homeland Security
immigration officials were able to track the diplomat, but he had returned to
the As Many As 27 Million Worldwide Forced into Slavery Feminist News, May 31, 2002 -- Resources: Anti-Slavery
International, 5/27/02; UN Wire, 5/29/02; BBC, 5/27/02 www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=6576 [accessed 6 January 2011] A Britain-based nongovernmental
organization, Anti-Slavery International, released a report Monday showing
that the number of people forced into slavery has risen to an estimated 27
million. In addition, the report showed the
trafficking of boys between to the United
Arab Emirates and other Gulf States, continued slavery in Brazil, and
inaction to free slaves in Mauritania. Police officer arrested in connection with human
trafficking Hetq-online - Investigative Journalists
of Armenia At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] Officers continue to question
women who fell victim to these two procurers. The
number of Amalia Mnatsakanyan's
victims keeps growing. But the trafficking in women for the Trafficking and forced labour of children in the Middle East NGOs At one time this article had been archived and may possibly
still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 September 2011] ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
UAE STILL USES CHILD SLAVES AS CAMEL JOCKEYS - In 2004, Anti-Slavery International sent a photographer to
the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to photograph children racing and training in
the Gulf state. The photographs prove that, despite the Government's repeated
statements that this practice has stopped, it is still a problem. Two years
ago, the Government announced that using children under 15 and lighter than
45 kilograms to race camels would be banned from 1 September 2002 and
offenders punished. Two Cases of Trafficking to the Emirates Arpine Haroutiunyan,
Hetq Online www.bu.edu/globalbeat/ARMENIA/arpine.html [accessed 6 January 2011] “My friend Armenuhi
deceived me” says Narine. “She promised me a well-paid
job in the Armenuhi's brother drove Narine
to the airport, and Armenhui met Narine when she landed in the Emirates. she immediately took her passport. Then her attitude
changed dramatically. “She told me that I had to work as a prostitute or else
I could stay there and rot,” says Narine. “She said I had to give her $10,000 to get my
passport back. Saudi Arabia/GCC States: Ratify Migrant Rights
Treaty! Human Rights Watch, April 10, 2003 www.hrw.org/en/news/2003/04/10/saudi-arabiagcc-states-ratify-migrant-rights-treaty [accessed 6 January 2011] Human Rights Watch, September 18, 2003 www.hrw.org/en/news/2003/09/18/dubai-migrant-workers-risk [accessed 6 January 2011] Nearly ten million foreigners,
most of them unskilled or semi-skilled migrants, work in Despite their value to both their
home countries and the societies in which they work, many migrant workers
suffer from discrimination, exploitation and abuse. Migrants, including large
numbers of women employed as domestic servants, face intimidation and
violence, including sexual assault, at the hands of employers, supervisors,
sponsors and police and security forces. Children are especially vulnerable
to labor and sexual exploitation and denial of basic rights. "Thousands of children are
trafficked to the Sponsors and employers often
confiscate migrants' documents, including passports and residence permits,
restricting their freedom of movement and ability to report mistreatment.
Migrants in the Sexual Exploitation of Children on the Rise Reuters, 01/09/2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] Boys, sometimes as young as 5, are
sent each year from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan to Dubai and the United
Arab Emirates to serve as jockeys in camel races. Boys, sometimes as young as 5, are
sent each year from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan to Dubai and the United
Arab Emirates to serve as jockeys in camel races. Miller Addresses Modern Day Slavery Maya Noronha, The Hoya, www.thehoya.com/miller-addresses-modern-day-slavery-1.1885685 [accessed 28 August 2011] According to Miller, the publication
of a report ranking nations based on violations of human rights spurred
progress in the battle against modern day slavery. The Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons reports that the United Arab Emirates, ranked
as having one of the worst records of human rights violations, instituted
border controls, prosecutions and heightened protections for victims as a
result of the report. Business Is Booming for Slave Trade Leela Jacinto, ABC News/International,
May 15, 2002 abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79131&page=1 [accessed 6 January 2011] When Ibrahim
Mohammad, now around 6 years old, fell off a camel in Migrant Women in the Rima Sabban,
Gender Promotion Programme, International Labour Office At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] [page
18] 3.1. GENERAL CONDITIONS - Isolation is a dominant feature
of foreign female domestic worker work environment in the Legally, once a foreign female
domestic worker enters her employer’s house, she is totally under his/her
control, since the employer is usually her visa sponsor. Even today, Dying to Leave Thirteen, [accessed 26 December 2010] COUNTER-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS - On paper, the UAE appears to be
making progress in combating human trafficking. Inspections of private
companies for enforced labor and blacklisting for violations are up;
prosecutors and judges are required to study human rights, immigration, and
labor law; biometrics are used to match work permits with permit holders. But what the UAE says it has done
to fight the use of juvenile camel jockeys conflicts strongly with reports
compiled by outside, independent organizations. According to information
presented in the 2003 U.S. Trafficking in Persons report, UAE government
officials use DNA and medical tests to test the parenthood of those claiming
supervision of child jockeys and routinely screen visitors at entry points
into the country for children entering as jockeys. In September 2002, the
government announced, to much fanfare, a ban on jockeys younger than 15 or
who weighed less than 99 lbs. First-time violators are fined $5,500.
Subsequent violations can lead to a one-year racing suspension and prison
time. The UN Human Rights Commission has
noted, however, that the ban is essentially a restatement of a 23-year law
that outlaws the employment of all child laborers. Prosecutions of violators
of the ban have yet to occur, notes Anti-Slavery International. Video footage
shot by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in February 2003 showed that
use of children for camel races still continues. After showing similar
footage at an international conference, the International Labor Organization
secured a visit to the UAE in late 2003 for further talks on the problem. Statement by Mrs. Narcisa Escaler, Deputy Director General International Organization
for Migration (IOM) at the United States - European Union Transatlantic
Seminar to Prevent Trafficking in Women International Organization for Migration IOM Statment in Lviv 1998, L'viv, www.brama.com/issues/IOM980709_lviv.html [accessed 6 January 2011] TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN - . Tatyana
is 20 years old. She is from a small town in Lugansk
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