Equidem launched its report “EXPOsed: Discrimination and forced labour practices on Expo Dubai 2020” on February 2, 2022. Speakers included: Dome Okuku, Equidem Kenya researcher, Mustafa Qadri, Equidem CEO, Namrata Raju, Equidem, India Director, Sharan Burrow, General-Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, and Bhim Shrestha of Shramik Sanjal (a Nepalese migrant worker network). The...
In this episode we bring to you the struggles of a young Black African girl in Dubai. We all love Dubai for several reasons but beneath the glitz and glam lies dark and sad stories of thousands of Immigrants. Dubai is beautiful but its not what it seems or being portrayed on Tv, Before you...
Dubai labour camps are home to thousands of predominantly South-Asian labourers who, through cheap labour have built the insane sky scrapers and buildings you see in the city. The labourers in this city live a completely different life.
Politicians and activists are calling for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates to be blacklisted over its failure to observe sanctions against Russian oligarchs and stem the flow of dirty money flowing through the UAE. Western countries including the US and UK hit Russia with stringent sanctions in February after Russia invaded Ukraine. This prompted some oligarchs to...
One is a sanctioned businessman. Another is a convict. Two more are celebrities with ties to political power. What unites these disparate individuals? They are all Belarusian politically exposed persons listed as owning real estate in Dubai, a kingdom in the United Arab Emirates that has become a playground for the global rich. In May,...
Call to Blacklist Dubai and UAE Over ‘Dirty Money’ and Oligarchs. Politicians and activists are calling for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates to be blacklisted over its failure to observe sanctions against Russian oligarchs and stem the flow of dirty money flowing through the UAE. Western countries including the US and UK hit Russia with...
Two British men who spent time in detention in the United Arab Emirates have testified in Paris that an Emirati security official who is now the president of Interpol was responsible for their alleged torture. Matthew Hedges, an academic imprisoned in the UAE for seven months on espionage charges he denies, and Ali Issa Ahmad, who was detained...
A London-based labor rights group says the migrant workers involved in Expo 2020 in Dubai are subjected to labor abuse and exploitation. STORY-LINE: The legions of workers who built Dubai’s extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report released...
After boycotting COP27 in Egypt due to concerns about the human rights situation there, Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir has already confirmed she will not be attending next year’s climate summit in Dubai, either. On Wednesday, Demir announced she will not be attending the 28th UN climate conference (COP28), which will be hosted by the United Arab...
The disturbing saga engulfing the royal family of Dubai has taken another incredible twist. Princess Latifa, the 35-year-old daughter of the Emirates’ ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, who claims she is being held hostage by her father, has managed to smuggle secret video diaries out of her palace prison. In the recordings she describes the hell...