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Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally


The men, who had been released after serving criminal sentences, are from Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Jamaica and Yemen

Lawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally.

The men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba have criminal convictions, but had all served their sentences and been released in the US, their lawyers said. The US deported them to the small southern African country without warning in July, claiming they were “depraved monsters”.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/lawyers-say-men-deported-by-us-to-eswatini-are-being-imprisoned-illegally

Author : Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Publish date : 2025-09-02 20:13:00

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