West Africa: Ghana Returns U.S.-Deported West Africans Amid Torture Concerns

Eleven West African nationals deported by the United States to Ghana have been returned to their home countries, despite fears they could face torture, persecution or inhumane treatment.

The group, who arrived in Ghana with three other US deportees, had filed a lawsuit to stay their deportation, but when it came to court on Tuesday, their lawyer said they had been removed over the weekend, and the suit was therefore irrelevant.

“We have to inform the court that the persons whose human rights we…