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October 23, 2025

Cuban Man Deported to Eswatini Launches Hunger Strike
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A Cuban man deported by the Trump administration to the southern African
kingdom of Eswatini has gone on hunger strike to protest his
imprisonment in a maximum-security prison there. Roberto Mosquera del
Peral is among 11 "third-country deportees" sent by the Trump
administration to Eswatini despite legal challenges by human rights
groups who've called the deportations a violation of U.S. and
international law.


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