Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio face deportations home, where abuses persist

An immigrant from Mauritania speaks on the phone at Valley Interfaith Community Resource Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 8 March 2024. Photograph: Maddie McGarvey for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Musician Khalidou Sy recalls the night his concert was shut down before he was taken away by the Mauritanian police and jailed for five days.

While he was never given a reason for his detention, in his show Sy criticized the lack of electricity available to the Mauritanian public and called on the authorities to make a change.