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Protect Migrants dying in Saudi Arabian Prisons

Sunday September 5th @12pmEST | 4pmGMT | 1 ETH

Saudi migrants are the backbone of Ethiopia’s economy; yet, nearly 2 yrs later, 1000s remain strangled in COVID infested detention begging to be returned. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

However, rather than being seen as Ethiopian citizens who contributed so much, they are seen as a threat who should not be welcomed into the country. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA is alarmed by migrants’ treatment who have fled Ethiopia due to persecution. Many are in detention centers in countries like Yemen and Saudi Arabia. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA urges the Saudi government to treat Oromo migrants in the various detention centers more humanely. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA has obtained several video footage that shows mothers and their infant babies together in detention centers without sufficient food and water. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

The int. community; the UNHRC should ensure these Oromo economic and political migrants in Saudi receive fair treatment until they return to Ethiopia. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

The migrants believe the Ethiopian gov’s refusal to return them back is politically motivated where they are suspected of supporting the opposition party. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA has received news that some migrants who returned to Ethiopia have already been arrested and/or physically assaulted. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

The Ethiopian gov must provide a proper channel to bring back migrants from Saudi Arabia without further delay to protect them from additional violence. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

The Ethiopian gov’t must recognize the economic contribution of these migrants. In 2014 alone, Saudi migrants sent over half a billion dollars to Ethiopia @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

Saudi gov & int community should know while some economic migrants, most are political refugees who escaped persecution by the Ethiopian government. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA calls on int. organizations & WHO to ensure migrants/refugees who fled violence in Ethiopia are protected and have adequate food, water, shelter, and protection. @hrw @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN@UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

It is abhorrent that refugees who fled Ethiopia in hopes of staying alive end up dying in detention in Saudi. Last week five migrants were found dead in detention. @hrw @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA calls on the Saudi gov, human rights org. for an independent investigation into the deaths of these migrants found dead in a Saudi Arabian detention center. @hrw @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN@UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

Migrants who spoke to OLLAA said that they were profiled and targeted for being Ethiopians as their nationality was asked right before being detained. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

As many as 70,000 migrants are said to be in various prisons in Saudi’s. Most detainees are legal migrants who have lived and worked in Saudi for decades. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

According to detainees, the Ethiopian gov uses the excuse of lack of capacity to return them while at the same time it has prioritized its supporters. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA#ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA urges WHO, the UN to pressure the Ethiopian govt to immediately return migrants and ensure their safety upon return to Ethiopia.@hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

Some migrants said they were taken to a detention center while returning from work & weren’t allowed to get their belongings, including legal documentation. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN@UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA#ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

Int. the comm. must safeguard these migrants who fled Ethiopia & call on the Saudi gov to ensure basic rights are protected while they are in their custody.@hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA#ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA’s concern ill detainees, in some cases, a person with COVD were kept with 100s of other healthy detainees – exposing them to a deadly disease-this a violation of int. law. @hrw @_AfricanUnion  @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

Ethiopian migrants detained in Saudi detention should be provided w/ medical attention, especially women, infants, and children who are in greater danger. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

The Saudi government should ensure mothers with infants and babies and children under 18 should get appropriate care. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectMigrants #ProtectOromoRefugees

OLLAA calls on religions, civic, human rights & other orgs to amplifying the voices of migrants & political refugees suffering in different parts of middle east. @hrw @_AfricanUnion @EthioHRC @USEmbassyAddis @USAmbUN @UN @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA #ProtectOromoRefugees