Saudi Arabia is not normally associated with such values as human rights, due process, or civilized behavior. That’s why the news that Indonesia has suspended its guest worker program with the House of Saud should surprise no one. The proximate cause of this moratorium is the beheading of an Indonesian maid who killed her abusive, Saudi employer. A sentence that prompted the Indonesian president himself, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to speak out against the draconian verdict meted out by a Saudi court.

The systematic abuse of domestic servants from Southeast Asia, Africa, and the subcontinent of India by their wealthy, Gulf Arab employers is so widespread that it has been the subject of a treaty devised by the International Labor Organization, as well extensive coverage by human rights organizations and media outlets...
http://american-rattlesnake.org/2011/07/guest-slavery/