Alleged Rape Victim Belies Retraction
Gloria Esguerra Melencio; 6/6/08
The Filipino woman who reportedly retracted a claim that she was held against her will by her employer and raped by four men described the retraction as a sheet of paper, written in Arabic, that she had signed under duress in order to expedite her repatriation. Now back home in Quirino Province, the woman — speaking to a local human rights group through her husband — stands by her accusation: that she was gang raped in Qatif on May 19, 2008 in the presence of her employer and that she was held against her will. The overseas Filipino group Migrante International recently called for an investigation into what happened to the Filipino woman, known as Jessa, who, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), later said her accusations were product of her “imagination.”
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=110629&d=6&m=6&y=2008
Tags: Asia, Saudi Arabia, Sex Trade, Workers