Since al-Jazeera seems to want to avoid using the obvious word or in any way be too clear about what this is, lets,clarify: the purpose of this Instagram account is to identify runaway slaves in Kuwait, to help people catch them and hand them back to the police and their owners. The article talks about them as domestic servants, so you might miss the fact that for them to leave their employers (who also hold their passports and often families) without permission is a crime, and that a certain amount of beating is considered acceptable. Sometimes the news needs an explanatory footnote or two.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:35:08 +0000
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