In
the last 10 days persecution of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi
Arabia has escalated. Men and women are forced from their homes by
mobs of civilians and dragged through the streets of Riyadh and
Jeddah. Distressing videos of Ethiopian men being mercilessly beaten,
kicked and punched have circulated the Internet and triggered
worldwide protests by members of the Ethiopian diaspora as well as
outraged civilians in Ethiopia. Women report being raped, many
repeatedly, by vigilantes and Saudi police. Ethiopian Satellite
Television (ESAT), has received reports of fifty
