[mukto-mona] We condemn torturing the Bangladeshi Workers by the Government of Kuwait

Dear Friends,

 

The recent torturing on the poor Bangladeshi workers by the Kuwaiti government is outrageous. Reports say that hundreds of Bangladeshi workers were tortured and sent back home, within this week, with no pay while they were demanding an increase in payment. We have also seen the video footage of how the Kuwaiti police was torturing these workers who went to this foreign land to make a few dollars to support their family back home. Some sources say that these workers are getting about $30 a month. Wow! Only one dollar per day of 8 to 10 hours of hard work. It is hard to believe what this oil producing nation of the Middle East is doing to the people of the poor nation. As the citizen of the world, we condemn both the torturing and the unfortunate low payment to these workers, and we demand an increase in their salary.

 

Please read the following from the "Daily New Nation" of Bangladesh and send your condemnation to the nearest Kuwaiti consulate:

 

"South Asian workers in Kuwait, including hundreds of Bangladeshis, staged demonstrations and went on strike Saturday demanding better working standards and pay.

Newspapers in the Gulf kingdom reported that some workers were paid as little as 8 Kuwaiti Dinars ($30 or Tk 2000) a month. Since the incidents of unrest, the Kuwait government has said it would increase the minimum wage of foreign workers to 40 Dinars ($151 or Tk 10,300).

However, The Kuwaiti authorities also announced Wednesday that they would examine video footage and photographs of protesting workers to find out those responsible for damaging vehicles and attacking police, and deport them.

Kuwait police arrested at least 800 Bangladeshi workers during the demonstrations, of which 300 were later released as no charges could be substantiated against them.

The Kuwaiti government has assured Bangladesh mission officials that all "innocent" workers will be spared after investigations.

Meanwhile, two top trade union leaders of the country have urged the Kuwaiti trade union movement to extend a helping hand to Bangladeshi workers facing repression in Kuwait and deportation by the authorities.

In a joint letter sent by email, Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal president Nazrul Islam Khan and Jatiya Sramik League general secretary Roy Ramesh Chandra made the appeal to the president and general secretary

of Kuwait Trade Union Federation.

The two trade union leaders expressed their anguish at the reported torture on the Bangladeshi workers and their deportation back home empty handed.

They hoped that the Kuwaiti trade union movement would give due importance to the issue and hold constructive talks with the employers in Kuwait so that the Bangladeshi workers could continue to work in that country.

The two leaders also urged the Kuwait trade union movement for its initiative to take back to work those workers who were being deported due to misreporting."

 

Sincerely,

 

Hassanal Abdullah, editor

Shabdaguchha

 

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