Vani Saraswathi
vanishforever.bsky.social
Vani Saraswathi
@vanishforever.bsky.social
Endgame: Die mid laugh
Editor-at-Large & Director of Projects
@MigrantRights.bsky.social
Author: Stories of Origin
GCC | Human Rights | Advocacy
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...
Allegations of organ trade and illegal harvesting are rife as GCC and African states fail to conduct autopsies -  Migrant Rights
www.migrant-rights.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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@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...
Allegations of organ trade and illegal harvesting are rife as GCC and African states fail to conduct autopsies -  Migrant Rights
www.migrant-rights.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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.
May 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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"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.
April 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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“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
April 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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“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… ”
April 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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“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.
April 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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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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Ill-prepared and uninformed, Ghanaian women risk it all for jobs in the Gulf -  Migrant Rights
In Ghana, if you come into the world a she, acquire the habit of praying. And master it. Because you will need it, desperately, as old age pursues you [...] If, on top of this, your children, waging a...
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March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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.
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Jeff Ochieng, the author of our latest report, recounted his own experience of being trafficked to #Qatar:

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February 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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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.
Huge recruitment fees charged for jobs in the Gulf; Qatar recruiters accused of demanding the highest commissions -  Migrant Rights
Advancing the rights of migrant workers throughout the Middle East
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February 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM