Smacked Again & Why Am I Not Surprised??!

Posted on November 2, 2006
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No she’s not a victim of sectarian violence in Iraq or Israeli bombing on Lebanon. She’s an Indonesian house maid who was returning to her country from Saudi Arabia. Saudi airport officials sent her to the hospital after discovering her “hidden health condition”, hidden under a black tent. You know what’s worse? Her Saudi employer will only get a slap on the wrist. I mean hey, the victim is just some third world sub-human lady from Indonesia so who cares right? Bleh whatever. Disgusting! Oh ya and she had burns too! Sigh!

(hat tip: misrdigital.blogspirit.com)

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12 Responses to “Smacked Again & Why Am I Not Surprised??!”

  1. kinzi on November 2nd, 2006 10:21 am

    Thanks for posting this. Incredibly tragic. Is it true there was slavery in Saudi until 1970?

    (first visit to your blog via Sand Monkey and itoot)

  2. Drima on November 2nd, 2006 10:41 am

    Oh hi Kinzi, welcome to The Sudanese Thinker. I hope you enjoy your stay here. I’m sorry I can’t answer your question since I don’t know. I’m not sure really.

  3. schoenerleben on November 2nd, 2006 1:52 pm

    AFAIK it was abolished in 1962 (http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1962/november_6_1962_126126.html or google yourself ).

    However:

    ‘The United States criticized Saudi Arabia and three other Gulf Arab allies yesterday for allowing modern-day “slavery” to continue, a move the Bush administration hopes will prompt human rights reform in the Middle East. ‘
    (http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050604-120011-6570r.htm)

  4. Paul on November 2nd, 2006 2:41 pm

    Slavery has NEVER ceased to exist in Saudi Arabia since ancient times ! How can people do this to other people ?

  5. The Raccoon on November 2nd, 2006 2:46 pm

    This is non-news, mate. Saudis are bloody Nazis - if you’re not an Arab, you’re a slave.

    Sure, the Saudis “abolished” slavery in the 60s… but in the 80s (IIRC), the Royal Family came to a UN meeting with their house-slaves.
    And nowadays they still keep slaves - there was a very slight wave around the blogosphere and MSM a while ago about children enslaved in KSA as camel jockeys.

    The “house-maids” are more often than not “house-slaves”. They are raped and abused - it seems to be a socially accepted thing.

  6. Drima on November 2nd, 2006 3:01 pm

    I don’t know about when slavery was officially abolished by law in KSA but I do defintely know it “unofficially” still widely exists.

    I swear to God the animals who did this to her should be skinned alive, hanged by their legs from a tree and have acid spilled on their bodies… But then again it looks like that will not happen. Why??? Because this is the KSA… DUH!!

  7. The Raccoon on November 2nd, 2006 4:45 pm

    What I wonder is how your average Saudi feels about this. And about their psychotic theocracy in general.

  8. Not Your Mama on November 2nd, 2006 11:38 pm

    “What I wonder is how your average Saudi feels about this.”

    Probably much like your average american feels about various things that happen here. Some are ok with it, some are, or try to be, oblivious to it, and some are appalled and actively try to fight it.

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  11. Esra'a on November 3rd, 2006 12:23 pm

    Is it true there was slavery in Saudi until 1970?

    UNTIL?!

    Slavery still exists in Saudi Arabia. De facto slavery.

    In Bahrain, I am doing a documentary on migrant workers and their rights. Did you know that many construction workers and maids go unpaid and they have absolutely nothing to do about it because of their illegal visas, meaning if they were to complain, they would only be sent to jail and NOTHING will happen to their employers?

    Sick. Something needs to be done about this.

  12. jodetoad on November 4th, 2006 7:41 pm

    “The Religious Policeman”, back when he was blogging, was a Saudi who indicated this is very common.

    Aside from the lack of consequences for the Saudi perpetrators, to me this speaks of the violence within humankind, especially the cowardly violence against someone who is weak, which occurs in private.

    Abuse of spouses, children, the elderly, and of animals occurs everywhere, and is usually well-hidden. I’m not a very religious person, but this speaks of the presence of evil in humanity.

    In the US, we try to enforce the laws, and prosecute offenders, but it’s difficult. Victims are reluctant to press charges, out of fear, and there are rarely witnesses. Teachers in schools are alert for injuries, but most often they are covered by clothing. We search for such abuse. I’m not sure how common it is here, but I think it’s a human thing, not just a Saudi thing. It’s sickening, wherever it occurs.

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