Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers say
Lawyers say 17 U.S. deportees were held without masks or disinfectants as medical staff brought suspected Ebola patients into the same hotel.
- Migrants deported from the U.S. and detained in an Equatorial Guinea hotel say authorities are housing suspected Ebola patients in the same facility. The hotel, owned by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, holds 17 migrants from Angola, Mauritania, and Ethiopia.
- Under a $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, President Obiang converted his family-owned hotel on Bioko island into a detention center. All 17 detainees hold U.S. court orders that should have protected them from removal.
- Medical personnel in hazmat suits transported a man suspected of having Ebola to the hotel last week, followed by a woman on Sunday. Detainees report receiving no masks, disinfectants, or information about exposure risks.
- Earlier this month, a coalition of international lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa's top human rights body. Lawyers accuse the nation of forcing deportees home and denying those in custody adequate medical care.
- Equatorial Guinea, a wealthy oil-producing nation, faces accusations from the U.S. State Department of human rights abuses and corruption. Despite these concerns, U.S. businesses remain major investors and the military receives U.S. government funding for training.
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Migrants deported from the United States and held in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea claim that the authorities there have also used the facility to quarantine at least one patient suspected of Ebola, the deportees and their lawyers said today. The hotel, located on a tropical island off the coast of the country and owned by powerful President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is being used to accommodate 17 migrants from countries such as Angola, Mau…
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Independent EspañolDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Migrants deported from the United States and held in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea claim that authorities there have also used the facility to quarantine at least one patient suspected of Ebola, they said...
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Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers say
Migrants deported from the U.S. and detained in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea say authorities have used the facility to quarantine a suspected Ebola patient.
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