Saudi Arabian border guards have killed hundreds of migrants from Ethiopia at the border with Yemen since early 2022, according to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. According to the report published Monday, the allegations are based on 38 witness interviews, satellite images and recordings published on online networks.
At least 28 “firearms incidents” emerged from the testimonies alone, including mortar shell attacks.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the incidents largely took place following a ceasefire in the Yemeni civil war, to which Saudi Arabia is a party, which took effect in April 2022. Official representatives of Saudi Arabia have so far declined to answer questions from the AFP news agency about the allegations, and Riyadh has also failed to respond to corresponding written questions, according to HRW.
Reports of death and torture
Last year, UN experts reported “worrying allegations” that Saudi Arabian security forces had killed some 430 migrants at the border with Yemen in the first few months of 2022. According to the now-released report, survivors reported, among other things, close-range gun attacks, with Saudi Arabian border guards asking Ethiopian migrants which part of their body they “would most like to be shot.” .
Human rights researcher Nadia Hardman said Saudi security forces “killed hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area, out of sight of the rest of the world”. Saudi Arabia’s attempt to boost its image with the “billion-dollar purchase of golf events, football clubs and big shows” should not “distract from these appalling crimes”.
Source: Krone
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