Social:Saudi Arabia-Yemen border killings

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From March 2022 to June 2023, guards of the Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Border Guard have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers along the Saudi Arabian-Yemeni border from March 2022 to June 2023.[1][2][3] Human Rights Watch stated that these killings may qualify as crimes against humanity, with reports stating that explosive weaponry were used to kill many migrants at close range, including women and children.[4]

Saudi Arabia and Yemen seen from space.

References

  1. ↑ Hardman, Nadia (2023-08-21). ""They Fired on Us Like Rain"" (in en). Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/08/21/they-fired-us-rain/saudi-arabian-mass-killings-ethiopian-migrants-yemen-saudi. 
  2. ↑ "Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2023-08-21. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66545787. 
  3. ↑ Beaumont, Peter (2023-08-21). "‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/21/fired-on-like-rain-saudi-border-guards-accused-of-mass-killings-of-ethiopians. 
  4. ↑ "Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border" (in en). 2023-08-21. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/21/saudi-arabia-mass-killings-migrants-yemen-border. 




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