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Indonesia is protesting Saudi Arabia's execution this week of one of its citizens, a domestic worker, saying the kingdom failed to notify her family or the Indonesian government beforehand.
Tuti Tursilawati, a mother of one in her early 30s from Majalengka, Indonesia, was executed on Monday, seven years after she was convicted of murdering her employer in the Saudi city of Taif. A rights group, Migrant Care, has said she is defending herself from sexual assault.
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia said Wednesday that he had spoken Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, to protest the kingdom's actions.
Last week in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi lauded the Saudi government's commitment to better protecting the Indonesians living and working there, according to The Straits Times of Singapore.
There are about 1.5 million documented and undocumented Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia, Anis Hidayah, founder of Migrant Care, said in a telephone interview from Ms. Tuti's hometown, where officials were visiting her family to offer condolences.
Ms. Hidayah said sexual abuse, long working hours, improper housing and other mistreatment were common for women.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on Ms. Tuti's execution or Indonesia's formal protest.
Ms. Tuti was the fourth Indonesian executed in 2015, including one, Zaini Misri, who was put to death in March. All of the executions were carried out with first notifying Indonesian officials; the two countries have no agreement. Other Indonesians in Saudi Arabia are still on death row.
Many women from Indonesia work in the Middle East and various Asian countries, often leaving their families behind for the promise of steady income. But safety concerns led to the arrival of domestic workers from Middle East from 2011 to 2013.
In 2015, it's going to be 21 countries, mostly in the Middle East, after Saudi Arabia. Many Indonesians have sought work in Saudi Arabia anyway.
The two countries agrees to allow for restrictions, allowing a limited number of Indonesian workers to go to Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, Hanif Dhakiri, the Indonesian manpower minister, said he was reviewing that decision, The Jakarta Post reported. Ms. Hidayah and other activists are urging him to cancel it.
Last year, Indonesia, and other countries in the region of foreigners, coordinators and coordinators among different levels of government.
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In addition to facing physical abuse, migrant workers often struggle to adjust to the cultural differences in Saudi Arabia. Last week, 19 Filipina workers were arrested at a Halloween party in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. They were released on the Philippine Embassy on Wednesday, according to Rapper, a Philippine news site.
