BBC: The New York-based organisation Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to do more to protect Asian domestic workers from mistreatment.
It says some cases amount to slavery, with employers going unpunished for withholding wages, forced confinement, or physical and sexual violence.
HRW says some workers are imprisoned or lashed on spurious charges such as theft, adultery or witchcraft.
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