Death sentence for getting pregnant

Death sentence for getting pregnant

I refer to the article on page 2 of The Jakarta Post of March
3, entitled No help for maid on death row. I wish I had not
bought the Post. I wouldn't feel that tang of responsibility I
now feel after reading the short article in which somebody who is
responsible for doing his job stated that his office was not
responsible. But surely some not revealed other office is
responsible for sending an Indonesian woman as a maid to some
country where you can be stoned to death if you become pregnant.
Whether this is a result of "forced labor" or not doesn't matter,
it is the woman's responsibility, is it not?

Isn't a country, in this case, the government, responsible for
its citizens? Yes, please go ahead Ibu Megawati, Pak Gus Dur. Has
everything been done or is this a case for Kofi Annan or Amnesty?
Only the tip of the mountain of mistreatment of foreign labor and
abuse is presently visible. It is high time that citizens are
better protected by their government. It is high time that human
rights are universally respected, not only on the battlefield but
on the workfloor, in daily life.

In the meantime, there is not much time for Ibu Kartini...

DANA STRIETMAN

Ubud, Bali