Saudi Arabia on Thursday denounced a report accusing the kingdom’s border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants since last year, branding it “politicised and misleading”. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch on Monday claimed Saudi border guards had fired “like rain” on Ethiopians trying to reach Saudi Arabia from Yemen.
In a new statement , a Saudi government source “denounced the raising of false allegations by some organisations about the Kingdom and the publication and promotion of politicised and misleading reports in the context of malicious media campaigns that are repeatedly raised for suspicious goals and objectives,” the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
The source, whom SPA did not name, said Saudi authorities were committed to upholding human rights principles.—SPA
