Lawyers file a complaint with Africa’s human rights body to challenge U.S. “third-country” deportations to Equatorial Guinea. The complaint is lodged with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and names Equatorial Guinea, seeking to stop both the initial transfer and any onward expulsion of the people to their countries of origin. The legal action is brought on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are reported to be held in conditions described as arbitrary and indefinite detention. The lawsuit centers on a practice tied to the Trump administration’s expanded immigration crackdown. When U.S. authorities are legally barred from returning individuals directly to places where they may face persecution, they reportedly send deportees to intermediary countries such as Equatorial Guinea. After arrival, authorities in Equatorial Guinea hold people without charge before deporting them to their home countries. The groups supporting the complaint argue the U.S. treats protections against direct removal as a loophole by using third countries to carry out returns. The filings ask the African Commission to intervene to halt the deportations and subsequent onward transfers.
Lawsuit seeks halt of U.S. third-country deportations to Equatorial Guinea
Lawyers file a complaint with Africa’s human rights body to challenge U.S. “third-country” deportations to Equatorial Guinea. The complaint is lodged with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’...
- Lawyers file a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to challenge U.S. third-country deportations to Equatorial Guinea.
- The complaint names Equatorial Guinea and seeks to stop both the initial deportation transfer and any onward expulsion to individuals’ home countries.
- The case is filed on behalf of 14 deportees, with allegations that some are held in arbitrary and indefinite detention.
- The lawsuit describes a U.S. practice of using Equatorial Guinea as a waystation when direct returns are legally restricted.
- Supporting groups argue U.S. authorities use third countries to circumvent protections against being sent to places where people fear persecution.
Complaint filed to African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights challenges controversial expulsion practice.
2 months agoThe complaint was filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are held under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention."
2 months agoABUJA, 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 home countries. As part of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping crackdown on immigration, he has expanded the scope of deportation targets to include those with legal protections against being sent home. In cases where Washington is legally barred from sending people home directly, it has sent deportees to countries like Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea has then held them without charge before deporting them to their countries of origin. "The U.S. is increasingly treating these protections as if they are a loophole that allows the U.S. to enlist third countries to effectuate return," a statement from the five legal and human rights groups beh
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