For Ethiopians, November is a month which shall live in infamy
In November 2013, Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia are facing unspeakable horrors.
For the past few years, there has been systematic persecution of Ethiopians living, working and seeking refuge in Saudi Arabia. Even Ethiopians practicing their faith in the complete privacy of their homes have faced criminal prosecution and deportation. In 2011, according to a Human Rights Watch report , Saudi police arrested “thirty five Ethiopian Christians for ‘illicit mingling,’” while the “Ethiopians gathered to pray together during the advent of Christmas, in the private home of one of the Ethiopians.”
It is no exaggeration to say it is open season on Ethiopian migrant workers and others seeking refuge in Saudi Arabia. Every day this month, Saudi police, security officials and ordinary Saudis have been hunting Ethiopians in the streets, beating, torturing and in some cases killing them. The video clips of Saudi police torturing Ethiopians are shocking to the conscience. The video clips of Saudi mobs chasing, attacking and lynching Ethiopians in the streets requires no explanation. The photographs of crimes against humanity committed against Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia today are surreal and beyond civilized comprehension!!!
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