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Domestic Workers Raped, Murdered and Commit Suicide in Kuwait

June 11, 2011

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Since the 24th of May, no updates have appeared on the case of an Ethiopian maid who has accused her sponsor of raping her. This maid, as reported by the Kuwaiti Al-Watan - Opens in new tab daily, was able to escape her sponsor's house after he had raped her, and went to her embassy which sent her to the police station with one of their representatives to report the incident. A case was opened and the investigations in ongoing.

A day later, Al-Qabas - Opens in new tab Arabic daily newspaper in Kuwait reported an incident of an Asian maid who was stabbed to death in Subahiya area. The news piece does not give any further details or say whether the incident happened in her place or her sponsor's, but an investigation is still ongoing. Another incident reported by Al-Qabas - Opens in new tab says that an Asian male committed suicide by hanging himself in his sponsor's beach house on the 8th of June.

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