Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border

Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border

  •  workerONE   ( @workerONE@lemmy.ml ) 
    12•1 year ago

    “If committed as part of a Saudi government policy to murder migrants, these killings would be a crime against humanity,” Human Rights Watch said.

    The report accuses Saudi forces — including border guards and possibly specialized units — of killing “hundreds, possibly thousands” of Ethiopians in recent years while subjecting survivors and detainees to torture, rape and other inhumane treatment.

    •  DessertStorms   ( @DessertStorms@kbin.social ) 
      2•1 year ago

      If committed as part of a Saudi government policy to murder migrants, these killings would be a crime against humanity

      And if the government was clever enough never to make it “policy”? Does that somehow change the number of people they’ve killed or the nature of their crimes?

      It feels like they make these vague definitions up with loopholes the sizes of countries so that no one ever has to actually do anything to stop these crimes from happening (because those in power profit too much off them)…

  •  AutoTL;DR   ( @autotldr@lemmings.world ) BEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Saudi border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians using small arms and explosive weapons in a targeted campaign that rights advocates suggest may amount to a crime against humanity.

    The shocking claims are made in a detailed investigation by Human Rights Watch, which interviewed dozens of Ethiopian people who said they were attacked by border guards while they tried to cross into Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

    Last week Downing Street confirmed that Rishi Sunak plans to welcome Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to London “at the earliest opportunity”.

    Witness testimony describes mass fatality events involving significant numbers of women and children killed in shelling, with dead people and body parts spread along trails.

    These included pictures of dead and wounded people scattered along trails used by people-trafficking groups, as well as injured survivors in camps and medical facilities, some with horrific injuries consistent with shrapnel from mortars and similar weapons.

    “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,” HRW’s report says.

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