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Saudi Arabia executes 5 Ethiopians over drug-related charges, rights group says
Human Rights Watch said the men were denied lawyers and translators, and at least 79 other Ethiopian migrants face similar death sentences.
- On Monday, July 27, 2026, Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses, Human Rights Watch reported, saying the men faced trials lacking due process and legal representation.
- Fleeing armed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the migrants faced poverty in Yemen before traffickers forced them to carry packages with unknown contents; they unknowingly crossed into Saudi Arabia where soldiers arrested them.
- Detained for more than three years in the Khamis Mushait facility, the men endured court sessions lasting between three and twenty minutes without lawyers, forced to sign Arabic documents they could not read.
- Human Rights Watch researcher Joey Shea condemned the executions as violating international law, while Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry said last week it remains "closely engaged" with Saudi authorities on matters affecting nationals.
- At least 79 other Ethiopians remain at imminent risk of execution on similar charges as Saudi Arabia, having executed at least 116 people this year, continues applying the death penalty for drug offenses.
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Saudi Arabia executes 5 Ethiopians over drug-related charges, rights group says
Human Rights Watch says Saudi Arabia executed five Ethiopians this week on drug-related charges after a trial that allegedly lacked due process.
·New York, United States
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The Saudi authorities have executed five Ethiopian migrants on the same day for non-lethal drug-related crimes "without due process", bringing to 17 the number of citizens of that nationality who have been executed so far this year in the kingdom on similar charges. Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced it in the last few hours in a statement, an act that took place last Monday, although so far Saudi Arabia has not reacted to this information.
·Lima, Peru
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