Case Filed Against Equatorial Guinea for Sending US Deportees to Nations Where They Face Persecution
The complaint says 14 deportees face arbitrary detention and possible persecution after onward removal, and asks for legal and medical access.
- On Friday, rights lawyers filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to halt U.S. deportations to Equatorial Guinea, which has served as a waystation for sending people back to countries where they fear persecution.
- As part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, the U.S. uses opaque $7.5 million deals with third countries to indirectly force asylum seekers home, advocates say, bypassing legal protections granted by U.S. courts.
- Filed on behalf of 14 migrants, the complaint cites conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention" in Equatorial Guinea, with some already forcibly returned to countries where they face persecution.
- The filing asks the Commission to order Equatorial Guinea to halt the "deportation, transfer or removal" of those held there while guaranteeing legal and medical access currently being withheld.
- While the Commission can issue urgent measures or refer cases to the Africa Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, its orders are not binding on member states, limiting enforcement power.
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Lawyers filed a complaint Friday with Africa's top human rights body to halt U.S. deportations to Equatorial Guinea, which has served as a waystation for sending people back to countries where they fear persecution. The complaint was lodged against Equatorial Guinea at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, based in the Gambia, and also seeks to halt Equatorial Guinea's onward expulsion of the deportees to their ho…
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Case filed against Equatorial Guinea for sending US deportees to nations where they face persecution
Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body. They accuse the nation of forcing deportees from the United States back to their home countries in violation of their rights.
Human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against Equatorial Guinea with Africa's leading human rights agency on Friday, accusing the Central African nation of forcing deportees from the United States to return to their countries of origin in violation of their rights.
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