US deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say

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Pronczuk, M. (2026, September 18). US deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/us-deportees-to-equatorial-guinea-were-arrested-and-beaten-by-police-lawyers-say/article_cec197af-d390-54f1-a9c6-4bec50f14f4a.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-18 · by Monika Pronczuk

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Lawyers representing Ahmed Soliman from Egypt and Samson Birhane from Eritrea have alleged that after being deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea, the two men were arbitrarily arrested by local police who covered their heads with bags, beat them, and held them at gunpoint in a hotel converted into a detention center. The lawyers suspect these actions are retaliatory for the men’s complaints about their treatment during deportation proceedings. Over 40 individuals have been deported to Equatorial Guinea from the United States recently.

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Lawyers and human rights groups reported that two men, one from Egypt named Ahmed Soliman and another from Eritrea, were arbitrarily arrested and severely beaten by police upon being deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea. The men had their heads covered with bags while they were beaten and held at gunpoint in a hotel converted into a detention center in Malabo. These incidents are part of a larger pattern: over 40 individuals have been deported by the US, many facing harsh conditions and violence. Rights advocates fear further retaliation against those who speak out about these abuses. The US has sent at least 66 people from various African countries, Cuba, and Brazil to Equatorial Guinea under deals involving millions of dollars in financial support.

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DAKAR Egyptian Equatorial Guinea Senegal the United States

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Equatorial Guinea GPE · 2× the United States GPE · 2× Ahmed Soliman PERSON · 1× DAKAR GPE · 1× Egyptian NORP · 1× Eritrea GPE · 1× Samson Birhane PERSON · 1× Senegal GPE · 1×

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Two men deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arbitrarily arrested after police covered their heads with a bag, beat them and held them at gunpoint in a hotel-turned-detention center, their lawyers and rights groups said on Friday.

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2026-09-18 · Toronto Star

US deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say · assertive framing

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lawyers → deport → Friday

Ahmed Soliman, an Egyptian national, and Samson Birhane from Eritrea are among over 40 people who have been deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea, a small oil-rich state in central Africa. asserted

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Lawyers said they believed their arbitrary arrests were retaliation for the men raising alarm about the conditions of their detention and the police violence they had endured. asserted

they → say → detention

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