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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Four men deported by US to Eswatini have right to see lawyer, court rules

Matsapha correctional complex
The Matsapha correctional complex in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, where some of the claimants were held. Photograph: AP

Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and denied in-person legal counsel for nine months while detained in a maximum security prison have the right to see a local lawyer, Eswatini’s supreme court ruled.

The men, from Cambodia, Cuba, Vietnam and Yemen, were sent to the small southern African country, formerly known as Swaziland, in July despite having no connection to the country, as part of Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations.

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