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‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m not really shocked by any human rights abuse coming out of the Middle East tbh. Most of those countries are still somehow theocracies, and that will never be good for easily abused and exploited groups.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Religion of peace that condones slavery

[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

There are almost as many westerners in the UAE as there are Emiratis. They are all participants in the exploitation.