Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say
After publishing: 3 headlines quietly rewritten3 changes
- NYT Worldseen 18 Sept, 23:55headline rewritten
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. DeportationsA Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees - citizensvoice.comseen 20 Sept, 20:24headline rewritten
US deportees were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers sayUS deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say - tucson.comseen 21 Sept, 02:39headline rewritten
Amnesty International: Arizona man deported to Africa 'at risk of torture'Amnesty International: Arizona man deported to Equatorial Guinea at 'risk of torture'
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How it spread - 6 original reports
Fri, 11 September 2026
1 report- prospect.org16:41first to report
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
Fri, 18 September 2026
3 reports- NYT World15:10edited after publishing
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. DeportationsWitnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
- citizensvoice.com18:32edited after publishing
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US deportees were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers sayLawyers said police covered their heads with a bag, beat them, held them at gunpoint.
- The Guardian World23:08
Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence Two men that the Trump administration expelled to Equatorial Guinea were bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a flight of stairs, all in plain view of other US deportees, according to witnesses and human rights lawyers. The men – one from Egypt and one from Eritrea – were then taken to a prison. About 30 detainees from the US remain trapped at a hotel in the...
Sun, 20 September 2026
1 report- tucson.com13:15edited after publishing
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Amnesty International: Arizona man deported to Africa 'at risk of torture'A Phoenix man was bound and beaten by Equatorial Guinea police after the U.S. deported him to the central African nation, an international human rights group said Friday.
Mon, 21 September 2026
1 report- AllAfrica07:31
[RFI] An Iranian woman expelled to the Central African Republic; a gay Ghanaian man sent back to his country and threatened with death. Their stories are part of a vast international investigation into the Trump administration's mass deportations.