NOVEMBER 12, 2013 LEAVE A COMMENT
Ethiopians online are condemning Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on migrant workers after clashes between Saudi police and foreigners in southern Riyadh left at least two dead and many more injured. Police identified one of the dead as a Saudi national and did not identify the other victim. An Ethiopian man was killed in a separate visa raid the previous week.
The clashes come during a visa crackdown on undocumented workers intended to reduce illegal sources of cheap labour and provide more jobs for Saudi nationals. Hundreds of thousands of foreign workers departed Saudi Arabia in the last seven months, during which they were required to resolve their visa status without penalty or leave the country. Police have arrested thousands since the amnesty period expired on November 4.
The video below appears to show the clashes in the Manfuhah neighbourhood, with men in plain clothes beating and arresting others. The Stream cannot independently verify this video.
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Ethiopians Shame Saudi Arabia On Twitter For Inhumane Treatment Of Migrant Workers
Twitter users have rallied around #SomeOneTellSaudiArabia as the kingdom launches a deadly crackdown on migrant workers from Ethiopia.
Ethiopians have started a Twitter campaign, #SomeOneTellSaudiArabia, to protest the abuse of Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia.
The hashtag has since ignited a Twitter storm of fury over Saudi Arabia’s abuse of migrant workers.
Dr. Tedros discussed harassment of Ethiopians in Saudi
Ethiopian Federal Democratic Republic’s foreign ministry, Dr. Tewodros Adhanom has discussed about the handling of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia with the Saudi’s foreign ministry, Prince Saud Al Faisel on phone.
The two ministers have discussed about the Saudi’s police measure on the alleged illegal Ethiopian immigrant workers. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Ambassador Dina Mufti stated that, after the phone conversation, the Saudi’s police harassment on the Ethiopian workers has lessened.
The spokesman also mentioned that Ethiopian illegal workers living in Saudi are registering to return back to Ethiopia. It is also known that Ethiopian delegates from Ethiopian foreign ministry have travelled to Saudi to discuss the situation with the Saudi officials and to facilitate the return of the Ethiopian nationals back home.
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