"The four were sent to Eswatini in mid-July as part of President Donald Trump's push for the mass deportation of migrants and asylum seekers from the US. Trump has controversially used so-called third countries to accept non-citizen deportees whose home countries are elsewhere. Such third countries have included at least four African nations: Eswatini, South Sudan, Ghana and Rwanda. More than 30 people have been deported from the US to Africa since July."
"No reason was given for Judge Titus Mlangeni's absence from the court hearing on Thursday. Zakhithi Sibandze the national coordinator for the Swaziland Rural Women's Assembly, one of the nonprofit organisations involved in Thursday's legal challenge accused the Eswatini authorities of using delaying tactics to avoid criticism over the case. A second case brought by a lawyer seeking to provide legal counsel for the deportees has also be"
A court hearing in Eswatini about the detention of four men deported from the United States was delayed after the presiding judge did not appear. Nonprofit organisations challenged the legality of holding men from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen without charges. The four were sent to Eswatini in mid-July as part of US deportations using third countries, including Eswatini, South Sudan, Ghana and Rwanda. More than 30 people have been deported to Africa since July. Human rights advocates raised concerns about constitutionality, language barriers, denial of due process and lack of access to legal counsel. US-based lawyers say the men have been held at Matsapha Correctional Complex for more than two months.
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