On the morning of April 21, three men were taken from their cell at Khamis Mushait prison in southern Saudi Arabia. Guards told them they were going to a court hearing. They never came back. Fellow detainees were later informed the men had been executed and told to contact their families.
The announcement sent panic through the remaining prisoners: approximately 65 Ethiopian men in the same cell, all sentenced to death on drug-related charges, waiting to learn whether they would be next.
