The notorious kafala system gives Saudi employers near-complete control over their workers’ legal status, resulting in widespread abuses.
    • 6nk06@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      112·
      3 hours ago

      Nothing. I’m fed up with articles like those. They don’t want to say “bronze age shithole.”

  • ACourtesanOfArabia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    4 hours ago

    Each time I go to Saudi Arabia for work I’m afraid that one of my clients might take my documents, lock and keep me as a permanent sex slave or turn me into a human skin handbag or something. Always on my most obedient behavior while there.

    • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      53 minutes ago

      Depending on your nationality this is very unlikely.

      They typically target those from poorer nations that they intentionally lure in under the guise of employment.

      Now there’s the moral arguements on continuing to do buisness with them ultimately supports these practices