Ethiopians on death row in Saudi Arabia: Prisoners calling the BBC from their cells0

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• August 2, 2026

There was desperation in the voice of the young Ethiopian man when he managed to get through to the BBC from a phone in his prison cell on death row in Saudi Arabia. Habtom, whose name – like the other prisoner featured in this article – has been changed to protect his identity, has been