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Comment on Deportees from US challenge their detention in Ghana by Nana Kofi
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Deportees from US challenge their detention in GhanaAn Accra High Court, Land Division will on Monday, September 23, 2025, hear two ex parte applications filed by 11 deportees of West African Nationality challenging their detention in Ghana following their deportation from the United States.
Ghana government has agreed to accept West African nationals deported from the United States and 14 have already arrived in the country.
They have also sued the Attorney-General, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service at an Accra High Court, Human Rights Division, insisting their fundamental rights have been violated.
In affidavits supporting their case, the applicants claim they were secretly removed from U.S. detention centres between September 5 and 6, 2025, shackled, and forcibly transported to Ghana without prior notice or explanation.
They are asking the High Court to enforce their rights under Article 33(1) of the Constitution and to grant them immediate protection consistent with Ghana’s constitutional and international human rights.
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