Migrante asks Noynoy to free 48 jailed OFWs in Saudi

02/14/2011
The global alliance of overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia yesterday initiates a campaign for the release of 48 jailed Filipino migrant workers who were still locked up in Riyadh jail.

At the same time, the alliance also urges the Aquino government to seriously works for the release and repatriation of overstaying jailed OFWs in Saudi Arabia.

The jailed OFWs claimed that they already completed their respective jail terms, but they are not yet release.

Last Feb. 7, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona sent a letter to the Philippine Embassy-Assistance to the Nationals section (ANS) saying that he has received several messages from jailed OFWs who alleged that they had been beaten inside the jails which prompted them to seek for assistance..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110214nat2.html