RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday denounced a report accusing the kingdom´s border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants since last year, branding it “politicised and misleading”. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch on Monday said Saudi border guards had fired “like rain” on Ethiopians trying to reach Saudi Arabia from Yemen. HRW accused the Saudi guards of using explosive weapons as part of attacks that appeared to be “widespread and systematic”, and said the killings may amount to crimes against humanity. The report sparked global outrage after its publication, although a Saudi government source quickly dismissed the allegations as “unfounded and not based on reliable sources”. In 2015, Saudi Arabia mobilised a military coalition in an effort to stop the advance of Iran-backed Huthis in Yemen, who had seized the capital Sanaa from the internationally recognised government the previous year.

Source: Ethiopian News August 25, 2023 04:00 UTC