Deportee in Equatorial Guinea who criticised police tactics taken into custody, lawyer says

The coalition in June filed a complaint against Equatorial Guinea at the African Commission on Human and ​Peoples' Rights over its agreement with Washington to accept third-country deportees."We demand the EG (Equatorial Guinea) authorities immediately confirm the whereabouts and safety of our clients, who have been ⁠subjected ​to police violence and are now being held incommunicado," said a ​coalition of human rights groups.

An Egyptian man who was deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea, and who has spoken out against alleged rough treatment by ​security forces there, has been taken into police custody and is being held incommunicado, ‌his lawyer said on Friday.