Beatings at detention hotel intensify scrutiny of US deportations to Equatorial Guinea
Two men deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea were bound, hooded, and beaten in view of other detainees at Hotel Bamy before being moved to a prison in Malabo, according to witnesses and human-rights lawyers. About 30 detainees remain at the hotel, where rights advocates say guards are armed, medical care is scarce, and access to lawyers and medications is limited. The incident, captured on video and prompting UN calls against refoulement, underscores concerns about third-country deportations; ICE says responsibility ends once individuals are out of ICE custody.