Two Indians enslaved in Saudi Arabia

47-year-old A. Muniyasamy and 46-year-old M. Jagabar, who hail from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, had gone to Saudi Arabia in January, The Asian Age reported on Saturday.

They were promised construction work, but when they landed in Saudi Arabia, agents took them to a far-off desert where they were forced to work as slaves at a camel farm.

The two of them paid 300,000 rupees ($5,760) to local Indian agents to take them to Saudi Arabia. Their families told the media that the duo dreamt of making big money in the kingdom but they became “bonded laborers.”

The wife of one man said the local agent had promised a monthly salary of 12,000 rupees (US$230) for her husband and she sold her jewelry to pay the 150,000 rupees ($2,880).

“I had the shock of my life when my husband called two months after reaching Saudi that he was working as a slave in a camel farm,” she said before breaking into tears.

“We thought we will give better education to our children with his salary, but our dreams are shattered,” the woman lamented.

International human rights organizations routinely criticize the Saudi monarchy for failure to provide basic rights to guest workers from Asian countries.

GJH/MF/HGL

Views: 0

You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Leave a Reply

Powered by WordPress | Designed by: Premium WordPress Themes | Thanks to Themes Gallery, Bromoney and Wordpress Themes