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Peter Riley(Content warning) <a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/07/kenyan-women-saudi-work-abuse" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jacobin.com/2025/07/kenyan-women-saudi-work-abuse</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exploitation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kenya</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaudiArabia</a>

Peter RileyBEYOND THE FAÇADE: BWI REPORT UNMASKS THE REALITIES BEHIND SAUDI ARABIA’S “LABOUR REFORMS” <a href="https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=556" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=556</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BWI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/constructionworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constructionworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exploitation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FIFA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labormovement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migrantworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migrantworkers</a> organize <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaudiArabia</a> solidarity <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkingPoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkingPoor</a>

Karisallo-allo!New Blog Post: <a href="https://tatoaway.bearblog.dev/i-have-no-choice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tatoaway.bearblog.dev/i-have-no-choice/</a>😊<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BearBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BearBlog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slavery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Migrants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gulf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colonialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neocolonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neocolonialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Imperialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateViolence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kenya</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RutoMustGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RutoMustGo</a>

C.Suthorn :prn:<a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@knittingknots2</a> Westliches <a href="https://no-pony.farm/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a> System.

Peter Riley2034 FIFA World Cup Spectacle <a href="https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/saudi-arabia-bwi-files-ilo-forced-labour-complaint-ahead-of-2034-fifa-world-cup-bid-amid-epidemic-of-migrant-worker-abuse/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/saudi-arabia-bwi-files-ilo-forced-labour-complaint-ahead-of-2034-fifa-world-cup-bid-amid-epidemic-of-migrant-worker-abuse/</a>Stolen wages / Wage Theft <a href="https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/saudi-arabia-10000-filipino-construction-workers-awaiting-unpaid-wages-to-receive-usd180-humanitarian-package-from-philippines-govt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/saudi-arabia-10000-filipino-construction-workers-awaiting-unpaid-wages-to-receive-usd180-humanitarian-package-from-philippines-govt/</a>Kafala <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafala_system" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafala_system</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forcedlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forcedlabor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FIFA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#football</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldCup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldCup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BWI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ILO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ILO</a>

Peter RileyCapos always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” (Note: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carrefour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Carrefour</a> Group sponsor of 2024 Paris Olympics has an annual turnover of more than €94 billion. Carrefour facilities and stores in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaudiArabia</a> are operated by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UAE</a> based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MajidAlFuttaim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MajidAlFuttaim</a> via a franchise agreement with Carrefour Group, headquartered in France.)<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/10/saudi-arabia-migrant-workers-at-carrefour-sites-exploited-cheated-and-forced-to-live-in-squalor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/10/saudi-arabia-migrant-workers-at-carrefour-sites-exploited-cheated-and-forced-to-live-in-squalor/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafala_system" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafala_system</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exploitation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forcedlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forcedlabor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supermarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#supermarkets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingpoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingpoor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FIFA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wagetheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wagetheft</a>

Kriszta Satori<a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> - Panicked <a href="https://journa.host/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#African</a> workers prevented from leaving <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86lgnnw4y3o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86lgnnw4y3o</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kenya</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<a href="https://noc.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> groups say that <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MigrantWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MigrantWorkers</a> in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Kuwait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kuwait</a> are vulnerable to <a href="https://noc.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abuse</a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exploitation</a> because of the "<a href="https://noc.social/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a>" sponsorship system, which ties their <a href="https://noc.social/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visas</a> to their <a href="https://noc.social/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employers</a>.The <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philippines</a> halted the deployment of new <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DomesticWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DomesticWorkers</a> to Kuwait last year after the body of a <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FilipinoHousemaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FilipinoHousemaid</a> was found in the desert. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#India</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OFW</a>Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240614-indian-relatives-grieve-as-bodies-of-45-kuwait-fire-victims-return" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240614-indian-relatives-grieve-as-bodies-of-45-kuwait-fire-victims-return</a>

John<a href="https://union.place/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaudiArabia</a>, where <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unions</a> banned, set to host <a href="https://union.place/tags/FIFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FIFA</a> 2034, faces <a href="https://union.place/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> challenge for <a href="https://union.place/tags/ForcedLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForcedLabor</a>, <a href="https://union.place/tags/DebtBondage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DebtBondage</a>, denying migrants access to their own documents<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/05/saudi-arabia-trade-union-forced-labour-migrants-complaint-ilo-fifa-2034-world-cup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/05/saudi-arabia-trade-union-forced-labour-migrants-complaint-ilo-fifa-2034-world-cup</a><a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ILO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ILO</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/BWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BWI</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slavery</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/HRW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HRW</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Amnesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amnesty</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qatar</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a>

Ben WaberNext was an incredible discussion with Sumayya Kassamali on female domestic <a href="https://hci.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> in <a href="https://hci.social/tags/Beirut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beirut</a> at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Kassamali examines the origins and evolution of the <a href="https://hci.social/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a> system, considering changes in migration, economic systems, and racial attitudes. Highly recommend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkMaWnlYls" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkMaWnlYls</a> (10/11) <a href="https://hci.social/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociology</a>

Zecharias ZelalemTHREAD: So the other day, I published my report in the Middle East Eye based on leaked documents I obtained of a bilateral labor agreement signed between Ethiopia and Lebanon on April 11th 2023. Both countries meant to keep it secret, as the deal betrays the interests of hundreds of thousands of migrant domestic worker women in Lebanon. The deal highlights what a country's post civil war economic desperation can look like.<a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ethiopia-lebanon-agreement-no-protection-domestic-workers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ethiopia-lebanon-agreement-no-protection-domestic-workers</a>

Kriszta SatoriLatest <a href="https://journa.host/tags/MSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MSF</a> report: Migrant workers in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a> are abused and ignored under the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a> system<a href="https://www.msf.org/lebanon-migrant-workers-are-abused-and-ignored-under-kafala-system?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=May" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.msf.org/lebanon-migrant-workers-are-abused-and-ignored-under-kafala-system?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=May</a>

Joey AyoubI was also lucky enough to participate in the one that was even bigger, in October 2019 (as a reporter mostly). As a blogger I wrote about <a href="https://social.thefirethesetimes.com/tags/sectarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sectarianism</a> <a href="https://social.thefirethesetimes.com/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a> <a href="https://social.thefirethesetimes.com/tags/LGBTQrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQrights</a> <a href="https://social.thefirethesetimes.com/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#feminism</a> and other fun stuff. 4/?

FloriErn<a href="https://det.social/@DennisKBerlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DennisKBerlin</a> moderne Sklaverei <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kafala</a>

AskASwissSome of the current fuss over the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WorldCup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldCup</a> in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qatar</a> is beyond hypocritical. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VirtueSignalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VirtueSignalling</a> at best and some even <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racist</a>! This has been 12 years in the making. 12 years!!! More than a decade! It's now a done deal. It's running. You are late af!If you ever cared about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> you could have spoken up years ago. (And some brave people did and e.g. the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Kafala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kafala</a> system was abandoned!)If you ever cared about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> do something about things that still can be changed!

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