US Deportees to Equatorial Guinea Were Arrested and Beaten by Police, Lawyers Say
Ahmed Soliman has been held incommunicado for a week, and rights groups say his arrest underscores criticism of U.S. third-country deportation deals.
- 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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Independent EspañolTwo men deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily detained after police covered their heads with a bag, beaten and held at gunpoint in a hotel turned into a detention centre, their lawyers and human rights organizations reported Friday.
U.S. deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say
Two men deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily arrested after police covered their heads with a bag, beat them and held them at gunpoint in a hotel-turned-detention center, their lawyers and rights groups said on Friday.
Witnesses Say Men Were Hooded and Beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trumps deportation program. Source
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US deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say
Two men deported by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily arrested and mistreated, according to their lawyers and rights groups.
Stephen Miller chats up African leader as Trump deportees are hooded and beaten: report
White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller spoke by phone with the vice president of Equatorial Guinea the same day two men deported from the U.S. were hooded, bound and beaten by police, according to a new report.The call took place on Sept. 11, the same day Ahmed Soliman and Samson Birhane were assaulted by armed officers at the Hotel Bamy, a makeshift detention site for 29 immigrants sent there under President Donald Trump's administratio…
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