Iraq Reviewing Bangladeshi Workers’ Incident

Lesson Brief Al Sumaria
On June 7, Al Sumaria News reported on a video clip recently posted on social media websites showing the owner of a automobile tune-up shop assaulting his Bangladeshi employees. In response, the general secretariat of the Iraqi cabinet ordered the formation of an emergency committee to review the incident. The Bangladeshi workers were taken to see specialists for medical examination. The assault occurs during a time of increased scrutiny on the treatment of migrant workers in the Arab world after reports of the horrid conditions of foreign laborers building World Cup facilities in Qatar.

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