The report comes as Saudi Arabia implements an anti-migrant policy at home and a campaign to boost its image abroad. “Saudi border guards have used explosive weapons and shot people at close range, including women and children, in a pattern that is widespread and systematic. The latest HRW report provides witness accounts of Ethiopian migrants who tried to cross the border from Yemen to Saudi Arabia – and it makes grim reading. Like Hamdiya, many witnesses claimed to have been shot with mortars or other explosive weapons by Saudi border guards. Another interviewee went to the Saudi border to collect the body of a girl from his village.

Source: Ethiopian News August 21, 2023 06:35 UTC