Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally

The men, who had been released after serving criminal sentences, are from Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Jamaica and Yemen

Lawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally.

The men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba have criminal convictions, but had all served their sentences and been released in the US, their lawyers said. The US deported them to the small southern African country without warning in July, claiming they were “depraved monsters”.

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Gazprom Shares Tumble After Power of Siberia 2 Deal Announcement – The Moscow Times

  1. Gazprom Shares Tumble After Power of Siberia 2 Deal Announcement  The Moscow Times
  2. Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China as Gazprom says it signed new gas deal  CNN
  3. Russia clinches major new gas pipeline deal with China as West shuns supplies  CNBC
  4. Putin’s Energy Wins in China Deal a Blow to Trump’s Export Push  Bloomberg.com
  5. Russia and China bless vast new Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, Gazprom says  Reuters
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What are Labour’s new asylum policies? And what are the political risks?

Yvette Cooper has announced several tough policies after a summer dominated by Farage and Reform UK

After a summer recess dominated by headlines about Reform UK’s hardline immigration proposals and protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers, the home secretary returned to parliament seeking to wrest back control of the narrative.

Yvette Cooper has announced a flurry of tough asylum measures including suspending refugee family reunion applications, and even floated the idea that refugees could be moved out of hotels and into warehouses instead.

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Katz: Top Houthis ‘escaping Sanaa’ after IDF killed Yemeni terror group’s PM, ministers – The Times of Israel

  1. Katz: Top Houthis ‘escaping Sanaa’ after IDF killed Yemeni terror group’s PM, ministers  The Times of Israel
  2. Yemenis mourn killed Houthi prime minister as rebel group targets ship in Red Sea  AP News
  3. Houthis Vow Revenge After Israeli Attack Kills Senior Officials  The New York Times
  4. Israel Hit Yemen Target Just Hours After Discovering an Imminent Houthi Meeting  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Israel’s Killing of Yemen’s Houthi PM May Expand Regional War: Rami Khouri  Democracy Now!
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