Thousands of migrants have been slaughtered by Saudi border guards this year after they opened fire on them 'like rain' as they tried to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, a major report has found.
The Human Rights Watch report, released Monday, said some migrants, many of them from Ethiopia, were attacked at close range while others were fired on by mortar projectiles.
Many of the migrants reportedly had their legs severed and fingers shot off as their bodies were strewn across the trail.
The allegations, described as 'unfounded' by a Saudi government source, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous 'Eastern Route' from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work. The kingdom has previously rejected allegations of systemic killings.
'Saudi officials are killing hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area out of view of the rest of the world,' HRW researcher Nadia Hardman said in a statement.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-year-tried-enter-kingdom-report-claims.html
The Human Rights Watch report, released Monday, said some migrants, many of them from Ethiopia, were attacked at close range while others were fired on by mortar projectiles.
Many of the migrants reportedly had their legs severed and fingers shot off as their bodies were strewn across the trail.
The allegations, described as 'unfounded' by a Saudi government source, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous 'Eastern Route' from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work. The kingdom has previously rejected allegations of systemic killings.
'Saudi officials are killing hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area out of view of the rest of the world,' HRW researcher Nadia Hardman said in a statement.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-year-tried-enter-kingdom-report-claims.html