2023-08-21 04:57:09
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According to Human Rights Watch, “Saudi authorities are killing hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area”.
Published on 08/21/2023 06:57
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Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia wait to be sent back to their country of origin, July 7, 2021. (MINASSE WONDIMU HAILU / ANADOLU AGENCY / AFP)
It’s a chilling number. Saudi border guards have killed since last year “hundreds” Ethiopian migrants who tried to enter the rich Gulf monarchy through its border with Yemen, denounced Monday August 21 Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians work in Saudi Arabia, sometimes taking the “eastern route” linking the Horn of Africa to the Gulf, passing through Yemen, a poor country at war for more than eight years. “Saudi authorities are killing hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area, hidden from the eyes of the rest of the world”HRW migration specialist Nadia Hardman said in a statement.
From “horrific crimes”
THE “billions spent” in sports and entertainment “to improve the image of Saudi Arabia” should not divert attention from “those horrible crimes”, she lambasted. NGOs regularly accuse Riyadh of investing in major sporting and cultural events to “To divert attention” serious human rights violations and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where the Saudi army is involved.
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