'Fired on like rain': Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians [View all]
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
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".
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