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The UAE has improved its treatment of South Asian labourers on the construction of Saadiyat Island, a $27 billion cultural project in Abu Dhabi, but should do more to end what amounts to forced labour, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
March 21, 2012 1:59The UAE president has pardoned five activists on Monday (Nov 28) who were convicted a day earlier for insulting leaders of the UAE and who had been on hunger strike for two weeks, a relative of one of the five said, according to a Reuters report.
November 28, 2011 2:23
It will be hard to win the battle for credibility against Human Rights Watch if we keep arresting labourers on salaries of AED 650 a month.
January 27, 2011 3:34
Journalists at a Human Rights Watch press conference in Abu Dhabi reacted explosively to the watchdog’s report of labor abuse at Saadiyat Island. But the authority insists its report is accurate.
May 19, 2009 5:05
Qatar needs to find a home for billions of dollars raised from gas exports each year, writes Una Galani.
May 22, 2013 9:43
Telecom company exhibits its high impact projects, including Mobile Baby.
May 21, 2013 6:01
As the World Cup draws closer, Qatar's fiscal spending, its only policy tool, may become difficult to restrict.
May 21, 2013 4:23
Device to be a “virtual concierge” for luxury hotel's guests.
May 22, 2013 12:04
FNC member argues that minimum wage for domestic workers and maids is 'taking advantage' of employers.
May 20, 2013 4:24
