Actually, I think the stones started from your side of the fence, there, Captonian.
Look, I agree that much need to be done to help the plight of exploited workers and poor people in general worldwide- no where more so than on your continent.
Indeed, much has improved since that article was written, largely due to the UAE knowing it needs to clean up it's act or lose a lot of the international prestige it requires if it wants to engage with the rest of the world.
No such advancement in Saudi, though, as they don't CARE about international engagement. They just keep shipping out the oil.
So is it better to bring the UAE into the International arena (and, therefore, spotlight) or leave it up to it's own devices in isolation (which wouldn't hurt the local population one bit)?