Saudi's being outstanding citizens as usual...

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Saudi couple "hammer 24 nails" into Sri Lankan maid
(Reuters) - 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.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67P17420100826

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Another one in the news the saudi's are setting the standard...

Saudi maid verdict 'outrageous'
Nour Miyati - in hospital in March 2005
Ms Miyati's condition was compelling physical evidence of abuse, HRW says

Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi judges to overturn a decision to drop charges against a Saudi couple accused of severely abusing an Indonesian maid.

A judge in Riyadh awarded $670 damages to the maid, Nour Miyati, but dropped all charges against her employers.

The female employer, who admitted the abuse and was originally sentenced to 35 lashes, had her sentence overturned.

Human Rights Watch said the ruling on Monday was "outrageous", and sent "a dangerous message" to Saudi employers.

Ms Miyati, 25, contracted gangrene after allegedly being tied up for a month and left without food in 2005. She had to have several fingers and toes amputated.

New York-based Human Rights Watch called for an appeals court to "impose stiff penalties on the employers, including imprisonment, and payment of significant financial compensation".

Saudi officials have not commented on the report.

'Impunity'

Human Rights Watch says Ms Miyati was treated in a Riyadh hospital in March 2005 for gangrene, malnourishment and other injuries.

All charges against Ms Miyati's male employer were dropped early in the investigation, Human Rights Watch says.

On Monday a Riyadh judge found the female employer not guilty, despite her earlier admission and "compelling physical evidence", the group says.

A prior Saudi judgement, subsequently overturned, had seen Ms Miyati convicted of falsely accusing her employers and sentenced to 79 lashes.

Human Rights Watch said the latest ruling "sends a dangerous message to Saudi employers that they can beat domestic workers with impunity and that victims have little hope of justice".

Rights organisations say many foreign domestic maids in Saudi Arabia work in harsh circumstances and often suffer abuse by their employers.

The Saudi Labour Ministry has acknowledged some problems, but the government also says foreign workers' rights are protected under Islamic law.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7415290.stm

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I would still love to have it properly explained to me why 9 of the 13 hijackers were Saudis, but we bombed Iraq back into the stone age instead.



Oh wait, I remember now:

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And then there's this guy...

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Yep. All bow to the mighty oil rig...

[Clay]

Agreed, we've all sold our souls for the black gold.

[VatorMan]

A total disgrace how we cater to them.

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[Kaneman]

To be fair, there are dozens and dozens of torture cases within the U.S. that anyone could post to show that Americans are just as likely to commit acts of violence as Saudis are.

In fact, to my knowledge, the Saudis do not use male on male rape (that's anal penetration by penis or other foreign object) as a punishment. Yet the U.S. does....even for non-violent crimes.

Weird huh?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

To be fair, there are dozens and dozens of torture cases within the U.S. that anyone could post to show that Americans are just as likely to commit acts of violence as Saudis are.

In fact, to my knowledge, the Saudis do not use male on male rape (that's anal penetration by penis or other foreign object) as a punishment. Yet the U.S. does....even for non-violent crimes.

Weird huh?

You are really focused on butt sex aren't you?