Abu Dhabi: Sad Island of Happiness-Time
More bad news from Abu Dhabi, the ultra oil-rich sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates.
“Human Rights Watch released a scathing report yesterday accusing the government and authorities responsible for land development of exploiting and abusing migrant workers from South Asia in construction on the Island of Happiness–specifically in the building of imported prestigious institutions that Abu Dhabi intends to showcase there. These include branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums as well as a Middle East campus of New York University. HRW called on the museums and NYU “to show that they will not tolerate or benefit from the gross exploitation.”
http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/20/abu-dhabi-sad-island-of-happiness/#add-your-comment
Comment:
Why AbuDhabi alone?Dubai and Sharjah is no better.”Open to constructive criticism”-you don’t allow free Speech-where is the question of constructive criticism?
Fact is immigrant workers are treated worse than animals.They can not even freely talk in public,let alone air their sufferings in public.Any complaint brought to the notice of the police draws a threat that you will be charged with’possessing narcotics”-which carries a heavy penalty.Two solutions-people should stop migrating there(those over there can not do any thing by themselves);the other to boycott their products.
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