US EditionA Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
A Cuban deportee held without charges has been on a hunger strike for over a week at a maximum-security prison, amid legal challenges to the U.S. third-country deportation program.
- On Wednesday, Roberto Mosquera del Peral, a Cuban deportee, began a hunger strike at Matsapha Correctional Complex after over three months held without charge or legal counsel, his U.S.-based lawyer Alma David said.
- The Trump administration's third-country deportation program sends deportees to African nations under secretive agreements, with the U.S. paying Eswatini $5.1 million to accept up to 160 deportees.
- Five men sent in mid-July included Roberto Mosquera del Peral from Cuba and others from Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam, Yemen; another 10 deportees this month are believed held at Matsapha Correctional Complex, Mbabane.
- Eswatini says the men will be repatriated but gave no timetable, while Eswatini-based lawyers and civic groups have launched court challenges demanding access and release.
- Human Rights Watch says it has seen documents showing U.S. payments to African states, while lawyers for the deportees say they completed sentences but remain held without charges in Eswatini.
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From the government of Esuatini they say that the Cuban immigrant prays and fasts every morning for religion, but his lawyer denied that statement.
Cuban Man Deported to Eswatini Launches Hunger Strike
A Cuban man deported by the Trump administration to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini has gone on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment in a maximum-security prison there. Roberto Mosquera del Peral is among 11 “third-country deportees” sent by the Trump administration to Eswatini despite legal challenges by human rights groups who’ve called the deportations a violation of U.S. and international law.
A Cuban man expelled from the United States to the remote African kingdom of Esuatini began a hunger strike in the maximum security prison where he is, announced Wednesday his lawyer. “Roberto Mosquera del Peral (...) has been on an indefinite hunger strike since Thursday, October 15, 2025,” said his lawyer in the United States, Alma David, in a statement published on Wednesday. Mosquera del Peral was sent in July to this tiny country nestled be…
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