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A 12-hour shutdown called by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) in six northeastern states yesterday over various demands, including the illegal entry of foreigners into the region, saw a near total response except in the Left-ruled Tripura.

Doha: After the recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that showed how Qatar lacks some labour rights such as their ability to unionise, and how the sponsorship system is giving the employers too much power over them, Gulf News looked into the future of labour rights in Doha.

Doha: More than 600 housemaids who had entered Qatar illegally or run away from sponsors have been arrested in a crackdown on violators of the law on expatriates, according to Qatar’s daily Al Rayyah.

DOHA (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Doha, capital of one of the world’s richest countries, migrant workers who have helped build the city’s glittering skyscrapers and luxury shopping malls live in conditions akin to a shantytown.

Qatar is set to establish the country’s first labour union to improve workers’ rights ahead of the hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to local reports.

Doha, 06 May, (Asiantribune.com):As It is expected that the number of workers recruited to Qatar for infrastructure projects might go up to 1mn, but in phases and it is learnt that Qatar is contemplating to Drop Sponsorship and adopt recruitment on Contract system, according to Senior Official of the Ministry of Labor in Qatar.

International trade unions have rejected proposals by the Qatari government to scrap the country’s sponsorship system and establish labour unions.

DOHA: Qatar is to allow the establishment of a trade union to protect labour rights and scrap the “sponsor” system for foreign workers, a top official said in local dailies yesterday.