India, July 29 -- Five Ethiopians were executed in Saudi Arabia this week on drug-related charges following a trial that allegedly did not follow due process and lasted a few minutes without a translator, according to Human Rights Watch.

The rights organisation said on Tuesday, July 29, that at least 79 other Ethiopians remain at imminent risk of execution on similar charges. It cited the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights, which said at least 116 people have been executed this year.

Human Rights Watch said the five were charged with possessing hashish, a type of cannabis.

"Saudi authorities are executing marginalised Ethiopian migrants after court hearings that sometimes barely last a few minutes without a lawyer or a transl...