My investigation for @migrantrights.bsky.social is a deep dive into how trafficking for human organs flourishes, facilitated by design and by the negligence of countries at origin and destination.

www.migrant-rights.org/2025/04/alle...

@migrantrights.bsky.social‬ reports ongoing allegations of organ removal in cases where no autopsies were conducted. Families are left without clear explanations or official records: www.migrant-rights.org/2025/04/alle...

This is why @esraa.bsky.social created surveillance watch (surveillancewatch.io) connecting VCs to the surveillance companies they fund, so that they are named and shamed.

"I believe the authorities would rather have a case of someone who is dead than someone who is missing organs. Because that is a stronger case. So the victims are threatened. There is fear of talking, and there is no protection of victims.” – Feith Murunga, survivor-activist.

“From Saudi I have women calling me and telling me their employers are negotiating saying they will give money if they will donate an organ. About half a million shillings. [...] What’s the guarantee that they will get the money? Or that they will survive?" – Sophia Amimo, survivor-activist

“How is this my daughter? Her body was empty. No stomach inside. Her breasts were cut, and her neck was almost severed. You get someone’s daughter and you do this to her? What has she done big that you do this to her? This man that killed my daughter, I wish I get that man… ”

“They made me sign a paper in Arabic... But I did record the conversation between the doctor and the family. They were saying I had agreed [to donate]...” – Jebrice, whose employers tried to trap her into donating her kidney, before she escaped from the hospital.

In the UAE & Kuwait, they can work up to 12 hours a day, while in Saudi Arabia & Qatar, the limit is 10 hours. In Bahrain and Oman, there are no limits at all.

Instead of relief, #domesticworkers experience heightened workloads, making an already difficult job even more gruelling.
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The Kenyan minister publicly states the company recruiting was recommended by his Qatari counterpart, and that the companies do not believe in paying fees to the agents. So how do agencies make money? By fleecing workers.

Jeff Ochieng, the author of our latest report, recounted his own experience of being trafficked to #Qatar:

https://buff.ly/3ERE3Aw

Recruitment to the #GCC, particularly #Qatar, has long been marred by corruption, with the bilateral labour agreement failing to address these issues. MR's @vanishforever.bsky.social investigated exploitative recruitment practices in the corridor shedding light on the role of #Gulf consultants.