Saudi Arabia–Yemen Border Killings

Between March 2022 and June 2023, guards of the Saudi General Directorate of Border Guard have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers attempting to cross the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border. According to reporting compiled in the case summary, the killings involved the use of explosive weaponry against migrants at close range, resulting in deaths that included women and children.

Human Rights Watch has stated that these killings may amount to crimes against humanity given their scale and reported systematic nature. Beyond the shootings and use of explosives, reports indicate that Saudi border guards also beat migrants and were reported to have raped female migrants. Additionally, there are reports that guards forced local men and boys to carry out rapes against migrants.

As of June 2024, border killings were reported to still be occurring on a regular basis, indicating that the situation described had not been resolved and that the pattern of violence along the border continued beyond the initially reported period.

This case is drawn from a single consolidated Wikipedia summary of the situation. The allegations describe a pattern of border violence attributed to a governmental security force (the Saudi General Directorate of Border Guard) rather than to identified individuals, and the matter remains characterized as an ongoing situation rather than one that has been legally adjudicated.