According to a non-governmental organization that brought the case, a court case challenged Esvatini’s case to accept five people who were deported from the United States.
People from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba, the United States says they are dangerous criminals, Fly to small southern African countries In July, millions of immigrants and asylum seekers were deported as Donald Trump’s administration bid.
The imprisonment of a man at the largest security matte correctional centre has aroused the anger of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, whose king was the last absolute monarch in Africa, appointed the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
A group of NGOs and activists raised legal challenges last week that the terms of the deal have been privately and unconstitutional by the government. They said in legal documents that deportation violates due process and that prisons deported take up 190% of their capacity.
The program manager of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) was one of the plaintiffs at the time: “This litigation signal to the continent and the world shows that African countries cannot serve as dumping sites for unresolved issues.”
The United States has previously deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador, where they spent more than four months in the infamous prison Back to Venezuela. Eight people Send to South Sudan After spending several weeks in shipping containers in Djibouti. Uganda and Rwanda Also agreed to accept deported immigrants.
The High Court case has been postponed until September 25, and a High Court judge may refer a Constitutional Court. postal.
Zakithi Sibandze, national coordinator of rural women’s parliament, one of the plaintiff’s non-governmental organizations, said: “The agreement is against the constitution because it should be members of our parliament and approved and approved our parliamentary members, which obviously did not happen and you can see that our parliamentary members are based entirely on the darkness, based on the government they grind in the government.”
She added: “The government assured us that these people are in safe facilities, but that doesn’t ease our fears. We heard stories of criminals escaping from prison. We were not convinced.”
In a paper filed in the court on Thursday, the attorney general argued that the case was not urgent and that the plaintiff had no legal status. The paper says: ” [constitution] In the name of the royal family, the government gains power to administrative international agreements. ”
Melusi Simelane of Salc said: “We want the details of this deal … the Prime Minister and this Government, who retain information, information that is very relevant to our rights as citizens.”
A government spokesperson declined to comment in light of the matter in court.
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