Ghana Sued by U.S. Deportees for Unlawful Detention

Eleven people detained in Ghana after being deported from the U.S.  are suing  President John Mahama’s government.

Their lawyer, Oliver-Barker Vormawor, said that the deportees had not violated any Ghanaian law, and their detention in a military camp was therefore illegal.

Vormawor wanted the government to produce the group in court and justify why they were being held against their will. President Mahama said 14 deportees of West African origin arrived in the country after an agreement with the…