Saudi denounces 'misleading' report on Ethiopian migrant killingsA source from the Kingdom said Saudi authorities were committed to upholding human rights principlesFile photoBy AFP Published: Thu 24 Aug 2023, 10:09 PMSaudi 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. 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 a new statement on Thursday, a Saudi government source "denounced the raising of false allegations by some organisations about the Kingdom and the publication and promotion of politicised and misleading reports in the context of malicious media campaigns that are repeatedly raised for suspicious goals and objectives," the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The source said Saudi authorities were committed to upholding human rights principles and had previously provided medical care to "groups of people who were subjected to gunshot wounds by armed groups to push them to enter the Kingdom by force".

Source: Ethiopian News August 24, 2023 19:43 UTC