‘It’s inhumane’: six US deportees held in one of world’s most repressive regimes

Believed to be first deportations to fourth country, the six face ‘horrific conditions’ in Equatorial Guinea, say lawyers In late August, around 20 people were put on a flight in the US, shackled at the wrists, waist and ankles, and sent to Liberia as part of one of the largest third-country deportation arrangements of Donald Trump’s second term. Although more than 23,000 people have been sent to 26 countries other than their own since last year, that day saw something that had not happened before: six people refused to get off the plane – and were instead taken to another country. Continue reading...

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