Saudi Arabia moves to protect rights of Indonesian maids - BBC NEWS
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The domestic workers will no longer be deprived of their passports nor prevented from communicating with the outside world.
They will also be guaranteed the payment of a monthly wage and time off.
Indonesia’s government will wait to see how the agreement is implemented before allowing recruitment to continue.
It has been pushing for the guarantees for four years following of allegations of overwork, forced confinement, non-payment of wages, food deprivation, and psychological and sexual abuse.
Workers who attempted to report employer abuses have sometimes faced prosecution based on counter-claims of theft or “sorcery”.