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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondent

Three men deported by US file legal case against Eswatini over detention

Matsapha correctional complex.
The claimants, one of whom has since been repatriated to his home country, were held at Matsapha correctional complex in Eswatini. Photograph: AP

Three men deported by the US to Eswatini – rather than their home countries – have filed a case against Eswatini’s government with the African Union’s human rights body, claiming their detention was an unlawful violation of their rights.

Two of the claimants, from Cuba and Yemen, have been in prison in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, for eight months. The third, Orville Etoria, was repatriated to his home country, Jamaica, in September.

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