'Fired on like rain': Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Saudi border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians using small arms and explosive weapons in a targeted campaign that rights advocates suggest may amount to a crime against humanity.

The shocking claims are made in a detailed investigation by Human Rights Watch, which interviewed dozens of Ethiopian people who said they were attacked by border guards while they tried to cross into Saudi Arabia from Yemen.
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The report builds on a mounting body of evidence of extremely serious human rights violations on the Saudi-Yemen border. Last year UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to the Saudi government with allegations about the killing of hundreds of migrants.

In June the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrant Project issued its own estimate of fatalities on the Saudi border. It said that at least 795 people, “believed to be mostly Ethiopians”, had died.




Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/21/fired-on-like-rain-saudi-border-guards-accused-of-mass-killings-of-ethiopians

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The UN letter: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=27562

The Missing Migrant Project: https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/49687/iom-3800-deaths-recorded-on-migrant-routes-from-mideast-north-africa

As the article points out, the British Tory government has invited Mohammed Bone Saw for a back-slapping mutual congratulation in Britain "at the earliest opportunity".

[Tetrachloride]

1. Ethiopia and perhaps Yemen are going to be hot

also Ethiopia is taking numerical criticism from Egypt regarding water and the GERD Dam

it appears that Ethiopia government is being intransigent

there might be a connection of dots between the migrants and water situation

[Marthe48]

2. No bone saws?

I don't expect humanity from the saudis. If the Ethiopians had crossed, the sauds would have treated them like slaves, as they have other foreign nationals.

News like this makes me think we are watching climate disaster in real time.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

3. But, but, but

Islam is the religion of peace. Right? RIGHT?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_in_Islamic_philosophy

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. This is what the "defensive weapon" support of 2021 looks like, in action.

“U.S. service members and personnel have trained Saudi security forces, including the border guard, as part of a long-standing security assistance mission there.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/21/saudi-arabia-human-rights-watch-yemen-ethiopia/

[Brainfodder]

5. Among greediest backward sub-humans available? What you expect?

Their own and FAQ attitude, unless useful, to the rest?