Thursday, December 08, 2005

Singapore - human rights abuses go hand in hand

As I've indicated elsewhere in this blog, once you accept one form of human rights abuse it is a short step to accepting others. Abuse of asylum seekers in Australia has devalued this country as a defender of human rights.

Its seems that in Singapore foreign women working as maids suffer abuse. The analysis by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said at least 147 migrant domestic workers have died in Singapore from workplace accidents or suicide since 1999, most by jumping or falling from residential buildings.

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