'I saw a guy calling for help, he lost both his legs,' one woman told Human Rights Watch. 'He was screaming; he was saying, 'Are you leaving me here?''
The allegations, described as"unfounded" by a Saudi government source, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous route from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work.
HRW researcher Nadia Hardman said"Saudi officials are killing hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area out of view of the rest of the world," according to a statement. Last year, United Nations experts reported"concerning allegations" that"cross-border artillery shelling and small-arms fire by Saudi Arabia security forces killed approximately 430 migrants" in southern Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen during the first four months of 2022.
Yemen's war has created what the UN describes as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with millions dependent on aid.Many of the abuses described by HRW would have occurred during a truce that took effect in April 2022 and has largely held despite officially expiring last October.
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