Saudi Arabia denies accusations that it killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants on the border with Yemen. Similarly, Riyadh accuses alleged “armed groups”, but does not indicate which ones.
Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied a report released Monday by the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), which accuses Saudi border guards of shooting dead hundreds of Ethiopian migrants on the border with Yemen.
In the denial, published by the official Saudi news agency SPA, Riyadh blames the alleged “armed groups”whom he did not identify, for carrying out these acts.
An anonymous official source quoted by SPA denied the information contained in the HRW report, calling it “unfounded and based on unreliable sources,” saying the post was disclosed in the context of “malicious campaigns social media for suspicious purposes and purposes”.
The same source claimed that the “armed groups” allegedly operating on the Yemen-Saudi border are shoot migrants that they are trying to cross the dividing line, to “push them into the kingdom by force,” the source said, without going into details.
The Saudi authorities provided the necessary medical care to the victims of these shootings, in accordance with the “International Humanitarian Law”the same source noted, noting that they even offer humanitarian aid “to people arrested for violating the security of the border with Saudi Arabia.”
Last Monday, HRW reported that Saudi Arabian border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants on the border with Yemen between March 2022 and last June.
“There were remains of people everywhere.” Saudi guards fire on migrants on the border with Yemen
In a statement, the NGO also defended that “the systematic abuses against Ethiopians [na Arábia Saudita] they can constitute crimes against humanity“.
Some 750,000 Ethiopians live and work in Saudi Arabia, and “although many migrate for economic reasons, others have fled due to serious human rights violations in Ethiopia, particularly during the recent brutal civil war.” armed conflict in the north of the country”, highlighted the NGO.
One day after HRW’s complaint, the Ethiopian government announced a investigation joint venture of HRW allegations with Saudi Arabia.
Source: Observadora
