Court rules deported men in Eswatini have right to legal counsel
Eswatini's supreme court determined that four men deported by the U.S. have the constitutional right to see a local lawyer. The ruling addresses the nine-month denial of in-person counsel for men sent there from various countries.
<p>The men, sent to the southern African country in July, have been denied in-person counsel for nine months </p><p>Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and denied in-person legal counsel for nine months while detained in a maximum security prison have the right to see a local lawyer, Eswatiniโs supreme court ruled.</p><p>The men, from Cambodia, Cuba, Vietnam and Yemen, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/16/trump-administration-deports-five-migrants-to-eswatini-in-southern-...