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In Nadine Labaki’s new film Capernaum, the radio-transmitted voice of the incarcerated child protagonist tells his parents–and the Lebanese public, by extension–to stop having children, since they cannot provide them with a respectable life.

During the summer of 2015, India suffered an extreme heat wave. Over 2500 people—primarily from the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana—

 [This Migrant Rights report sheds light on the r..

[The following report was published by Amnesty International on  22 April 2014]

"My Sleep is My Break": Exp..

[The following report was published by the International Trade Union Confederation on 16 March 2014]

The Case Against Qatar: Host of the FIFA 2022 World Cup

[This report was originally published by Migrant Rights on 6 December 2013.]

[This report was originally published by Migrant Rights under the title of "Spotlight on Ethiopian and Yemeni Migrants" on 6 December..

[The following report was originally published as "Saudi Crackdown: One Month Later" by Migrant Rights on 6 December 2013.]

Saudi Arabia’s..

When I arrived in the Gulf fourteen years ago, my perception of this region was the same as that of millions of other migrants, that this is a place where we can easily earn enough to achieve financial freedom. But over the years, a different gulf has been haunting my thoughts: that between expe..

As we prepare to land at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, I grudgingly wear my abaya and wrap the headscarf around my neck. A few Saudi men in jeans and t-shirts rush to the bathrooms and change into their long, w..