A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday.
Nearly 2 million Sri Lankans sought employment overseas last year and around 1.4 million, mostly maids, were employed in the Middle East. Many have complained of physical abuse or harassment.
L.T. Ariyawathi, a 49-year old mother of three, returned on Friday after five months in Saudi Arabia.
Her family only realized what had happened to her when she complained of pain and they took her to see the doctor, Foreign Employment Bureau officials said.
“The landlord and the wife of the landlord hammered 24 nails into her when she complained of the heavy workload,” Kalyana Priya Ramanayake, media secretary of the Foreign Employment Bureau, told Reuters.
Ariyawathi has been taken to hospital for surgery to remove the nails, which according to the maid were hammered in when they were hot.
X-rays showed one- to two-inch nails in her hands and legs, with one over her eyes, officials said.
The Foreign Employment Bureau is consulting the Attorney-General while the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry is to take the matter up with the Saudi government, officials said
well obviously their version of islam does not tell them how to treat maids..uae and ksa they always deny such reports as if nothing happened.
Why you have to label a crime as Islamic crime, hindu crime, Christian crime. Why can't we leave the religion alone from these brutal crimes... and simply identify them as crimes..!!!
Failure of these Arab countries to punish these tortures against house hold servants is something of concern..!!
Why you have to label a crime as Islamic crime, hindu crime, Christian crime. Why can't we leave the religion alone from these brutal crimes... and simply identify them as crimes..!!!
Correct as long as the religions do not have the code of conduct of daily life and laws to govern the state are drawn from the founder of the religion.
Hindu religion or the Buddhist religion does not have a code of conduct on how to treat the slaves. It gives a broad advice on non violence, fair play and justice (And the casteism of India is far more benevolent than slavery) But Islam and Christianity does. So one would question those crimes based on the religion.
It's not only the maids. The Saudis treat everyone like this. Remember when a sheikh of Dubai tortured a Afghan trader for delivering less grain to his desert ranch?
Correct as long as the religions do not have the code of conduct of daily life and laws to govern the state are drawn from the founder of the religion.
Hindu religion or the Buddhist religion does not have a code of conduct on how to treat the slaves. It gives a broad advice on non violence, fair play and justice (And the casteism of India is far more benevolent than slavery) But Islam and Christianity does. So one would question those crimes based on the religion.
Kis besharmi sey jhoot boltey haiN log, shud we elaborate how Sudras are supposed to be treated in Hindu religion
**PANCHVANISH BRAHMIN 3-1/1 I:
Even if a Shudra acquired wealth, **he must always remain a slave. His main job is to wash the feet of the higher caste.
Even if a Shudra acquired wealth, **he must always remain a slave. His main job is to wash the feet of the higher caste.
We should not give in to the cheap propaganda of the mullahs. There have been much more research in to the Indian and Pakistani history (that included the casteism). Anyone who challenges the mean and crude propaganda should not become a cow p$$s guzzling folk even if he has a PhD in anthropology. No wonder the Hindu Pakistani's coffin was marked Kafir.
If a Shudra arrogantly teaches Brahmins Dharma, the king shall cause hot oil to be poured into his mouth and ears.
Apastambha Dharma Sutra III, 10-26, says
The tongue of a Shudra, who spoke evil about a BRAHMIN should be cut off A Shudra who dared to assume a position of equality with the first three castes was to be flogged. If a Shudra overheard a recitation of the Vedas, molten tin was to be poured into his ears; if he repeated the Vedas his tongue should be cut and if he remembered Vedic hymns, his body was to be torn into pieces
What can I say abt the Arabs...they are such an awesome bunch of......I am actually at a loss for any nice words right now....
But this is something that happens all over the gulf...I am not at all surprised...I will not be surprised if nothing happens to those camels that did this....after all they are ARABS...it is only wrong if YOU say something to do them, look at THEIR women, it is quite alright for them to stand and gape like a buffoon at another woman, or suggest some crazy plan ....it is always "Me me me me" or "We are arabs, you are not...therefore you are our slaves", and they have the nerve to talk abt the Americans!!!!!
While I say that Casteism is abominable but certainly better than any ancient form of servitude.
In Indian casteism, the sudra, the worker had full freedom to tend to his land, have a life, have a wife and have a family, he did not have the freedom to be equal to other three upper castes. There have been many kings of sudra orgin in india and many researchers now complain that the manu smirti is a creation of the Britishers who created this for the propaganda. The hindu epics version of sudra /branhmin / satriya is vastly different from the briish created manu smirti. I could go further on manu .. but that is irrelevant here.
A slave has no right for marriage, even he is married has no complete right over his wife or kids.
Let us see the latest countries who abolished slavery
Manusmitri was created by British, dude you are funny, inaddition babbling about irrelevancies. There isnt any defence of poor human rights of above mentioned countries but dont give the bull$hit of hindu religions non violence or justice. Slaves too could marry, had kids, there were slaves whol ruled India, Khandan-e-Ghulaman
