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Egypt blacklists 26 'abusive' Saudi firms
Egypt has drawn up a blacklist of 26 firms in Saudi Arabia that allegedly abuse its workers, of whom nearly a million work in the conservative Gulf kingdom, press reports said on Friday. The reports come a day after Cairo barred doctors from taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after an Egyptian medic was sentenced to 1,500 lashes and 15 years in jail for allegedly turning a Saudi princess into a drug addict."The Manpower and Immigration Ministry has a blacklist of 26 businesses and private companies in Saudi Arabia ... with which doing business is absolutely forbidden," the independent Al-Masri al-Yawm newspaper reported. It said the listed companies are accused of "deliberately mistreating Egyptians," and added that more firms may be added later. Labor and Immigration Minister Aisha Abdel-Hadi was quoted in the state-run daily Al-Gomhuria as saying the decision was taken after repeated complaints were lodged against the firms listed, alleging rights abuses. Posted by: Fred 2008-11-15 |
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