Updated February 20, 2026 Deportation to Torture
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Secret Cameroon Deportation Agreement and Torture of Deportees
The US secretly deported 17 people from 9 African countries to Cameroon under a covert agreement. Deportees were immediately beaten by gendarmes, arbitrarily detained, and subjected to torture. …
- Under a secret agreement, the US deported 17 people from 9 African countries (Angola, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra …
- Deportees included asylum seekers with court-ordered protections against deportation and at least one stateless person.