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| Egypt blacklists 26 'abusive' Saudi firms |
| 2008-11-15 |
| 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 |
| #1 Stop the presses! The Saudis abusing staff? After this going on for more than 30 years in Egypt, they're finally doing something? These Saudi pricks used to scream across the dessert near the pyramids scaring equestrians and horses for years, and not a word was spoken. |
| Posted by: Hammerhead 2008-11-15 09:29 |