The doctors found 24 metal pieces in her legs and hands

This story is from 2010 but worth noting anyway, especially given the fact that nothing has changed. How people in Saudi Arabia treat foreign domestic servants:

Doctors have removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan housemaid who said her employer in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body.

LP Ariyawathie, 49, told staff at Kamburupitiya Hospital her employer inflicted the injuries as a punishment.

X-rays showed that there were 24 nails and needles in her body.

The nails were up to two inches (5 centimeters) long.

Ms Ariyawathie travelled to Saudi Arabia in March to become a housemaid.

Last week, she flew back to Sri Lanka and was admitted to hospital in the south of the island, where she told doctors she had undergone abuse for more than a month.

The doctors found 24 metal pieces in her legs and hands.

Behold the X-ray:

Detail of an X-ray film showing nails in hand of Sri Lankan housemaid

You think that might hurt a little??

She could not sit down or walk properly, doctors said.

Yet Saudi Arabia is one of the most god-ridden countries on earth. Religion is supposed to make people more compassionate and generous. It doesn’t.

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