Qatar: Abolish Exit Visas for Migrant Workers

Re:Qatar: Abolish Exit Visas for Migrant Workers by pallingaround on Saturday November 09, 2013 @09:42PM (#6704882)

After some wiki-research, I found that my facts on this were dead wrong.

It turns out that progressive Saudi Arabia was far more forward-thinking when it comes to the abolition of slavery than I had imagined, they abolished slavery in 1962 not 1965...

But to answer your question, A LOT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline#1...

(But also, ahem...http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html)

All smart assery aside, even today you are in big trouble as a Filipino or Eastern European maid or nanny if you choose or are tricked into setting up shop in Saudi Arabia

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Re:Qatar: Abolish Exit Visas for Migrant Workers by mikeash on Saturday November 09, 2013 @10:47PM (#6705073)

I was asking about equal rights for homosexuals, not slavery. As far as I know, very few countries qualify today.

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