Saudi Arabia is detaining hundreds of migrants in inhumane, degrading conditions at a deportation center in Riyadh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report that alleges guards have also tortured and beaten detainees.
The US-based rights monitor said most of the migrants at the facility are from Ethiopia and were arrested for not holding valid Saudi residency permits. The report, published Tuesday, draws on phone conversations last month with seven Ethiopian migrants detained in the Riyadh center, as well as two Indian men who were held there prior to their deportation.
