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4 Sep 2020

Author:
Zecharias Zelalem & Will Brown, The Telegraph (UK)

Ethiopia tried to silence its own citizens stuck in hellish Saudi detention centres

A document leaked to The Telegraph shows that the Ethiopian government tried to silence hundreds of its own citizens stuck in hellish detention centres in Saudi Arabia...

The official document, which bears the stamp of the Ethiopian consulate in the city of Jeddah, warned Ethiopians of “legal repercussions” if they continued to upload photos and videos from the detention centres on social media.

The statement warned migrants to stop sharing their accounts of the horrific conditions because it was causing “distress for families and the greater Ethiopian community.”

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