UN urges Equatorial Guinea to halt plans to return US deportees to home countries
Human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’ conditions
Human rights experts at the United Nations issued a rare public appeal to Equatorial Guinea, urging the West African country to halt its plans to return US deportees to their home countries where they face political violence, torture and death.
The statement, cosigned by a representative of the African Commission on Human and People’s rights, adds diplomatic pressure on Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive regimes, to comply with international human rights standards and avoid refoulement, or the expulsion of people to countries where they face persecution.
Still waiting to hear what Equatorial Guinea actually plans to do about it.
The bigger issue here is human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’. That changes the calculation.
Think about it: human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’. That speaks volumes.
Equatorial Guinea has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
What stands out is human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’. That is the part worth paying attention to.
When you look at human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’, the implications are hard to ignore.