Oman criminalizes slavery and trafficking, but enforcement is weak. Forced labor is punished under the country’s labor law, but domestic workers are excluded from that law’s protections.

FILE - A general view of Muscat, Oman. A new report released Wednesday, July 13, 2016 by Human Rights Watch alleges that foreign maids working in Oman face abuse and conditions that near slavery.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A leading international rights group on Wednesday said that foreigners employed as maids in Oman can face physical and verbal abuse while working entrapped in ...

Human Rights Watch report says Oman’s system of tying workers’ visas to employers leads to many maids becoming trapped with abusive employers, forced to work in exploitative conditions.

Amritsar: Eight young Punjabi women rescued from slavery in Oman were on Wednesday reunited with their families at Delhi’s international airport after Rajya Sabha MP Vikram Sahney’s ...

Oman is the oldest independent state in the Arab world. ... abolishing slavery which had once been a key part of its trade. Oil reserves in Dhofar were discovered in 1964.

AMRITSAR: Eight young Punjabi women rescued from slavery in Oman were on Wednesday reunited with their families at Delhi's international airport after Rajya Sabha MP Vikram Sahney's MissionHope ...

In the past few years, however, it has undergone a revival, thanks to funds from the sultanate of Oman, whose still-reigning al-Busaidi dynasty once ruled much of the east African coast.

In the U.K., for example, the Modern Slavery Act of 2015 requires any company with revenues over $45 million to publish an annual slavery and trafficking report.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A leading international rights group says that foreign maids working in Oman face abuse and conditions that near slavery. Human Rights Watch released a report ...

Oman is the oldest independent state in the Arab world. ... abolishing slavery which had once been a key part of its trade. Oil reserves in Dhofar were discovered in 1964.