Lawyer Says He's Not Been Allowed to See 5 Immigrants Deported by the US to a Prison in Eswatini
ESWATINI, AUG 1 – The lawyer challenges the secretive detention of five deportees from the US, held without legal access in Eswatini’s maximum-security prison under a Trump-era program.
- Five immigrants deported by the United States to Eswatini had completed their criminal sentences, according to an Eswatini lawyer.
- The immigrants from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen, and Vietnam have been denied legal representation in prison, as stated by the lawyer.
- The Eswatini government plans to keep the men in solitary confinement until their deportation, which may take up to a year.
- Details of the agreement with the U.S. remain 'classified', despite activists' demands for transparency, according to government sources.
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