Lawyers and witnesses allege that two people deported from the United States were assaulted while detained in Equatorial Guinea, The Guardian reports. Others remained at a hotel near Malabo after their removal.
These are attributed allegations rather than independently verified findings by Nexus News Alerts. The original report sets out the accounts and conditions described by detainees.
Allegations need clear attribution
Witnesses and lawyers described alleged violence against two detainees at a hotel in Malabo. The reporting places their accounts within wider concerns about third-country removals and conditions after transfer. Those allegations require attribution, while the legal position of each person and any official response need to be considered separately.
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