Workers protest death sentences

Workers protest death sentences

JAKARTA: Dozens of migrant workers grouped under the Working
Forum for Domestic Helpers Justice rallied in front of the
Singapore Embassy in South Jakarta on Friday, demanding clemency
for their colleagues who are facing death sentence in that
country.

The protesters also asked Singaporean and Malaysian
governments to ratify the international convention for protection
of migrant workers.

They said there were too many Indonesian domestic workers
being denied justice despite abuses they had suffered.

The rally comes as two more Indonesian housemaids are facing
death sentences for murders of their Singaporean employers.
Earlier this year three Indonesian domestic helpers were
sentenced to death for the same crime.

Migrant Care, a non-governmental organization, say that at
least five more Indonesian migrant workers could receive the
death penalty overseas soon. -- Antara