WASHINGTON, DC - The Saudi regime should fight against Al Qaeda than against innocent migrant workers, a prominent human rights activist said while leading a protest rally here on Thursday.
Tamagne Beyene, a US-based human rights activist addressed a protest rally in front of the Saudi Embassy here in DC that Ethiopia was home to the First Hijrah that sheltered followers of the Prophet Mohammed who were fleeing religious persecution.
Saudi Arabia will pay a price, chanted Tamagne along with a huge crowd of activists, the reference of which may mean Ethiopian migrant workers never deserved the kind of humiliation and punishment from a country which had a unique historical link direclty to the Prophet Mohammed.
Fearful for their lives, tens of thousands of Ethiopian workers were being sheltered in temporary camps in Manfouha district of Riyadh, awaiting repatriation to their native country.
The weak and corrupt Hailemariam Desalegn regime remains indifferent to the plight and suffering of the migrant workers who were being hunted down like pests over the week.
Video clips showing the brutality of Saudi security forces have gone viral over the Interent, thus fueling the anger of many people around the world whose compatriots were being displaced from Saudi towns with the most dehumanizing ways.
Saudi investers have in recent years acquired vast tracts of agricultural land in southern Ethiopia. They plan to meet the rice needs of the kingdom from their Ethiopia harvest alone. But given the deepening animosity of the Saudis against Ethiopians, their dream for agricultural bonanza from the lush green tracts of land of Ethiopia may turn into a nightmare.
Tamagne Beyene, a US-based human rights activist addressed a protest rally in front of the Saudi Embassy here in DC that Ethiopia was home to the First Hijrah that sheltered followers of the Prophet Mohammed who were fleeing religious persecution.
Saudi Arabia will pay a price, chanted Tamagne along with a huge crowd of activists, the reference of which may mean Ethiopian migrant workers never deserved the kind of humiliation and punishment from a country which had a unique historical link direclty to the Prophet Mohammed.
Fearful for their lives, tens of thousands of Ethiopian workers were being sheltered in temporary camps in Manfouha district of Riyadh, awaiting repatriation to their native country.
The weak and corrupt Hailemariam Desalegn regime remains indifferent to the plight and suffering of the migrant workers who were being hunted down like pests over the week.
Video clips showing the brutality of Saudi security forces have gone viral over the Interent, thus fueling the anger of many people around the world whose compatriots were being displaced from Saudi towns with the most dehumanizing ways.
Saudi investers have in recent years acquired vast tracts of agricultural land in southern Ethiopia. They plan to meet the rice needs of the kingdom from their Ethiopia harvest alone. But given the deepening animosity of the Saudis against Ethiopians, their dream for agricultural bonanza from the lush green tracts of land of Ethiopia may turn into a nightmare.
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