Middle East News
Suicides among migrant workers in Bahrain are highlighted
By DPA
Feb 23, 2007, 14:31 GMT
Manama – A human rights agency in Bahrain on Friday expressed extreme concern over reports of high numbers of attempted suicides among migrant workers – mostly from the Indian subcontinent – since the beginning of the year.
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), in a statement, urged that serious and decisive measures be taken to establish the causes behind such actions and prevent further incidents.
Two Indians, and a third unidentified Asian man had committed suicide last January, according to the BCHR.
Middle East News
Suicides among migrant workers in Bahrain are highlighted
By DPA
Feb 23, 2007, 14:31 GMT
Manama – A human rights agency in Bahrain on Friday expressed extreme concern over reports of high numbers of attempted suicides among migrant workers – mostly from the Indian subcontinent – since the beginning of the year.
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), in a statement, urged that serious and decisive measures be taken to establish the causes behind such actions and prevent further incidents.
Two Indians, and a third unidentified Asian man had committed suicide last January, according to the BCHR.
A 49-year-old Bangladeshi man was meanwhile reported to have committed suicide this month.
These tragic events should be heard as an alarm sounding in Bahrain and the reasons the men took their lives should be investigated, BCHR vice president Nabeel Rajab said.
He added that the authorities need to examine the terrible conditions in which migrant workers live in.
It was often the case that financial difficulties, compounded by loneliness, alienation and miserable living conditions had a very negative psychological effect on migrant workers, said Rajab.
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