Riyadh has been urged to stop deporting Tigrayan refugees after thousands of them were detained, mistreated, and forcibly disappeared by Ethiopian authorities upon their return from Saudi Arabia. Ethiopians, including Tigrayans, have fled years of war, human rights abuses, and economic hardships at home for abroad, including to nearby Saudi Arabia. The Ethiopian government announced last year that it would be cooperating with Saudi authorities to have tens of thousands of Ethiopians returned. Forty percent of the returnees were Tigrayan, Human Rights Watch said in its report published Wednesda…

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