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Labor Laws Questioned After Indian Maid Loses Arm in Saudi

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Kasthuri Munirathinam, a 55-year-old mother of four from southern India, was plunged into debt after borrowing money to marry off her daughters. Like many before her, she was recruited through an agency and promised an opportunity to earn 1,000 Saudi riyals ($267) a month by working as a live-in maid in Saudi Arabia, the Arab region's largest economy where domestic help is in high demand. On September 29, just a few weeks after arriving in the kingdom, she tried to escape from her...

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