{"id":2006700,"date":"2023-08-21T09:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-killed-by-saudi-border-guards-in-15-months-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T09:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:12:54","slug":"hundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-killed-by-saudi-border-guards-in-15-months-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-killed-by-saudi-border-guards-in-15-months-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi border guards have reportedly killed hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants in just 15 months."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-killed-by-saudi-border-guards-in-15-months-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Border \u200cGuards in Saudi Arabia Accused \u200cof\u200c Killing Ethiopian Immigrants<\/h2>\n<p>According to a new report released by Human Rights Watch, \u2062border guards in\u200b Saudi Arabia have been implicated in \u2064the deaths\u200b of hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants seeking\u2062 refuge in the kingdom between March 2022\u2062 and June 2023. The\u2063 report\u200b reveals that these immigrants, including women\u200c and \u2064children, \u200dwere shot at close range, highlighting a\u200b new level of brutality.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u200cPerilous Journey<\/h3>\n<p>Fleeing conflict in their home country, hundreds \u2064of thousands of \u2062Ethiopians have embarked on a dangerous journey \u200bthrough war-torn Yemen in an \u2064attempt\u2064 to reach oil-rich Saudi \u2064Arabia, where they\u2062 hoped to find better \u200copportunities. However, upon arrival, they were \u2062met with unimaginable violence and cruelty.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We were\u200d fired on repeatedly. I saw people killed in a way I \u200chave never imagined. I\u2062 saw \u200b30\u2062 killed \u2063people on the spot,&#8221; shared 14-year-old Hamdiya with \u2062the advocacy group. &#8220;I pushed\u200c myself \u200cunder a rock and slept there. I could feel people sleeping around me. I realized what I thought \u2062were people sleeping around\u200c me were actually dead bodies. I woke up and\u200c I\u2064 was\u200d alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The journey itself is\u2062 treacherous, not only due to the\u2064 ongoing conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula but also because of the presence of\u200d smugglers who take advantage of desperate immigrants, committing atrocities along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has also \u200creported on the extreme \u2063violence \u200band \u2062danger\u2063 faced by immigrants traveling to Saudi Arabia. \u2062Immigrants \u2063have recounted \u200chaving limbs \u200dsevered \u2062by gunfire, witnessing\u200d bodies \u2064left on\u2063 the trails, and\u2062 being shot at while attempting \u200bto cross \u2062the border into the kingdom.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200c Deliberate Escalation<\/h3>\n<p>While\u2064 Human Rights Watch has previously accused Saudi Arabia\u2064 of killing Ethiopian immigrants, the \u2063new report\u2062 titled &#8220;They Fired on Us Like Rain&#8221; suggests that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-killed-by-saudi-arabian-border-guards-in-15-months-report\/\" title=\"Saudi Arabian border guards have reportedly killed hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants in just 15 months.\">documented killings represent<\/a> a deliberate escalation in both the number and manner of targeted killings. \u2063The report also highlights the use\u200b of\u2063 explosive weapons\u200d against immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>With the Yemen Civil War ongoing for nearly a \u200cdecade and viewed by many as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">proxy war<\/a>\u2064 between Iran and Saudi Arabia, violence in the \u200cregion remains pervasive.<\/p>\n<h3>Scrutiny on Saudi Arabia&#8217;s\u2063 Human Rights Record<\/h3>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, an important partner of the \u200dUnited States due \u200cto its control of oil and influence in the \u2062Middle East and West Asia, has faced criticism for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-killed-by-saudi-border-guards-in-15-months-report\/\" title=\"Saudi border guards have reportedly killed hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants in just 15 months.\">alleged human rights\u200b abuses<\/a> in the past. The \u200bmurder of\u2064 U.S. \u2063resident and journalist Jamal \u200cKhashoggi, allegedly by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince\u200b Mohammed bin Salman, sparked calls for the U.S. to denounce the\u200d Saudi leader and sever ties with the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these calls, the U.S. has maintained a working relationship with \u2062Saudi Arabia, leading \u200dmany to view the kingdom&#8217;s \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a> as \u200ca stain on U.S. foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict in Ethiopia, involving various militias, the\u200d federal government, \u200cand the Eritrean military, has \u2063been ongoing since \u200cNovember 2020, primarily concentrated in the northernmost region, according to the Council \u200bon Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.N.&#8217;s International Organization for\u2062 Migration, over 200,000 people \u200cattempt\u200c the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/51-lawmakers-warn-biden-immigration-order-could-make-border-crisis-catastrophic-overnight\/\" title=\"51 Lawmakers Warn Biden Immigration Order Could Make Border Crisis \u2018Catastrophic Overnight\u2019\">perilous journey<\/a> across \u2062the\u200c sea from the Horn of Africa to Yemen and then \u200donward to Saudi Arabia each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>been seeking refuge in Saudi Arabia since March 2022. However, a recent report by Human Rights Watch reveals that border guards have killed hundreds of these immigrants, including women and children, through close-range shootings. This tragic situation highlights the desperate plight of Ethiopians fleeing conflict in their homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}