Ethiopia: I Always Remember in November and in…
November 17, 2013
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!!!
What is the regime in Ethiopia doing to help the estimated 200,000 plus Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia? Not a damn thing!
By its own admission, the regime has no idea how many Ethiopians are living in Saudi Arabia, but ludicrously promises to bring them all back “as soon as possible.” The malaria researcher-turned-“foreign minister”, Tedros Adhanom, blathered that his regime “has condemned Saudi Arabia for its brutal crackdown on migrant workers in the kingdom. This is unacceptable. We call on the Saudi government to investigate this issue seriously. We are also happy to take our citizens, who should be treated with dignity while they are there.” “Unacceptable” is the most condemnatory language the regime could muster in the face of such monstrous cruelty, unspeakable barbarism and horrendous brutality and criminality.Al Jazeera reported that when outraged Ethiopians sought to peacefully protest in front of the Saudi embassy in Addis Ababa, they were arrested and beaten by regime policemen. “‘The police came and they beat us…and now more than 100 people are at the police station,” said Getaneh Balcha, a senior member of the opposition Blue Party movement, adding the party chairman and vice chairman were among those held.’” But should we really be surprised because…
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!!!
What is the regime in Ethiopia doing to help the estimated 200,000 plus Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia? Not a damn thing!
By its own admission, the regime has no idea how many Ethiopians are living in Saudi Arabia, but ludicrously promises to bring them all back “as soon as possible.” The malaria researcher-turned-“foreign minister”, Tedros Adhanom, blathered that his regime “has condemned Saudi Arabia for its brutal crackdown on migrant workers in the kingdom. This is unacceptable. We call on the Saudi government to investigate this issue seriously. We are also happy to take our citizens, who should be treated with dignity while they are there.” “Unacceptable” is the most condemnatory language the regime could muster in the face of such monstrous cruelty, unspeakable barbarism and horrendous brutality and criminality.Al Jazeera reported that when outraged Ethiopians sought to peacefully protest in front of the Saudi embassy in Addis Ababa, they were arrested and beaten by regime policemen. “‘The police came and they beat us…and now more than 100 people are at the police station,” said Getaneh Balcha, a senior member of the opposition Blue Party movement, adding the party chairman and vice chairman were among those held.’” But should we really be surprised because…
