ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – by a dirty cell in Saudi Arabia, the Ethiopian migrant talked on a cell phone telephone, fearing to give his title. We really need to return home but nobody is helping us, for example Ethiopian officials,” he told The Associated Press out of a detention center away from the Saudi capital, Riyadh. A new report published Friday from Amnesty International explains widespread abuses in Saudi detention centers, such as beatings and electrocutions. Thousands of Ethiopians cross Saudi Arabia annually following a trip throughout the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden from Somalia or even Djibouti and during conflict-torn Yemen, Searching for better lifestyles. Amnesty International said tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants were operating in northern Yemen, making funds to pay for their passing to Saudi Arabia.

Source: Ethiopian News October 02, 2020 07:35 UTC