Saudi Arabia is rounding up thousands of migrant workers who don’t have proper documentation.
What the country should do is abolish its migrant worker sponsorship system, which enables employers to exploit migrant workers, sometimes even forcing them to work under slave-like conditions. This pushes migrant workers to seek out illegal employment.The trial of Egypt’s deposed president, Mohammed Morsi, began today and was almost immediately adjourned until January 8. He has been held incommunicado since being ousted and has not had access to a lawyer.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, currently visiting Egypt, pressed Egyptian leaders on Sunday to continue on their path to democracy. Yet to be a true democracy, Egypt would need to investigate and try those responsible for the deaths of 1300 demonstrators killed in the past three months.
A Rwandan refugee who had served as a bodyguard for Rwandan President Paul Kagame was forcibly returned by Ugandan police to Rwanda. The man, Joel Mutabazi, has survived a bungled abduction in Uganda as well as an assassination attempt, and Ugandan police had agreed to provide him with 24-hour security.
Over the past days, the world has focused on Maria, the “blonde-haired angel” taken from a Roma couple – an incident that reignited old stories about Roma snatching babies.
But how about focusing on finding real solutions for the millions of Roma children and their families who are discriminated against across Europe?This week, Ukrain's parliament will hold a hearing on extending protections from discrimination in employment to lesbian, gay and bisexual people. But groups are aggressively pushing back on LGBT right here.
