2016’s Most Heartbreaking Stories

  • Ugandan ‘Housemaids’ Flown Home After Being ‘Trafficked’ in Saudi Arabia
  • In January, widespread outrage followed a report that a group of mostly young Ugandan women had become stranded in Saudi Arabia, after they fell victim to people traffickers.

    The report examined the trend of women from East Africa and southeast Asia being recruited to work as domestic maids in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries for the promise of good pay.

    Instead, the report exposed the horrendous, slave-like treatment many of the women received from their Saudi employers with many of them becoming victims of repeated abuse, including sexual and physical assault.

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    Mark Babatunde

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