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. In total we have spoken to seven of the dozens - perhaps as many as 200 - Ethiopians inside the prison who are waiting for a death sentence to be carried out. Two years ago, according to research by Amnesty International, just two Ethiopians were executed, but 35 were put to death in 2025. In Saudi Arabia, on the judge's discretion, a guilty verdict can result in a death sentence. He had dreamt of finishing high school, graduating from college and getting a job to support his parents - but the Tigray war put paid to that.