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Amnesty Says U.S. Deportees in Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Arrested in Retaliation
Lawyers and rights groups say the men were targeted after reporting abuse, as more than 40 deportees remain at the hotel detention site.
- On Friday, September 11, Equatorial Guinean police arrested Ahmed Soliman, a deported Egyptian national, after allegedly beating him and fellow detainee Samson Birhane, who remain held at La Luna gendarmerie station without access to counsel.
- The Trump administration deported Soliman and Birhane to Equatorial Guinea under an opaque $7.5 million deal, despite U.S. immigration judges previously granting them protection from removal due to torture risks.
- While police accused the men of 'breaking a mirror,' lawyers claim the arrest is retaliation for leaking videos of abuse; White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller discussed migration issues with Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue on the same day.
- Amnesty International condemned the alleged 'violent threats' against detainees on Friday, while U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva criticized the third-country deportations on Wednesday, stating, 'Our country is responsible for sending people out this way, period.'
- Over 40 people remain deported to Equatorial Guinea under similar agreements, yet both the U.S. State Department and the Equatorial Guinean government have not released statements regarding Soliman's case.
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Police arrested and beat 2 deportees from the US to Equatorial Guinea, lawyers say
Two men deported by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily arrested and mistreated, according to their lawyers and rights groups. Ahmed Soliman, an Egyptian national, and Samson Birhane from Eritrea are among over 40 people who have been deported…
Witnesses claim officers searched for phones while beating two men
·Belgrade, Serbia
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Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, tied, beaten with weapons and pushed down by police officers in an isolated hotel where immigrants are being held indefinitely, according to witnesses and lawyers.
·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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