Orthodox Christian women are pictured during a funeral ceremony for Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at Holy Trinity church for burial in Addis Ababa on September 2, 2012. (Getty)
June 21, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Saudi government was concerned that the case of 35 Ethiopians detained by authorities would be viewed as one that is religiously motivated, a cable from the Saudi foreign ministry reveals.
The cable published by the whistleblower site Wikileaks on Friday stated that the Saudi Crown Prince at the time Prince Nayef Bin Abdelaziz asked for details on the case of the “Ethiopian Christians” who were taken into custody by the religious police on 15 December 2011. The Saudi embassy in Washington also received inquiries on this issue from unspecified external parties and asked for guidan