Demo to be held against workers' rights abuses

Demo to be held against workers' rights abuses

JAKARTA (JP): Some 100 workers from West Java who used to work
abroad are slated to gather at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout on
Monday in a rally to commemorate International Migrant Workers
Solidarity Day and as part of the campaign against violence faced
by migrant workers.

In a statement made available on Sunday, the organizer of the
rally, Women's Solidarity-Indonesian Migrant Workers Advocacy
Committee, stated that the action would focus on violations of
workers' human rights.

"In the year 2000, it was reported that some 22,000 migrant
workers were deported from Malaysia, 23 were raped in Saudi
Arabia and Malaysia, while another 116 workers were physically
abused," the statement said.

The rally will start at 2 p.m. and be followed by a dialog to
be attended by a number of social activists. (dja)