Dhalinyaro La Dhibeeray Maraykanka Waa La Sii Daayay Kaddib Sanad Iyo Baro Xabsi
Dhalinyaro Laami ah oo ka socday Laos ayaa la sii daayay xabsi adag dalka Eswatini kadib markii ay ku jireen xabsigaas ka badan sanad iyo baro. Waa Phone Chomsavanh, kaas oo ah mid ka mid ah qofka la dhibeeray Maraykanka ilaa Eswatini bishii July 2025, iyadoo uu sheegay xeer-ilaaliyihii in aan la ogeyn halka la keenayo.
Xaaladda Dhibeerka iyo Qarsoodnimada
Phone Chomsavanh iyo afar qof kale oo la dhibeeray Maraykanka ayaa la keenay Eswatini, halkaas oo aan la xiriirin, iyagoo xabsiga Matsapha Correctional Complex ku jiray Mbabane. Xeer-ilaaliyihii, Tin Thanh Nguyen, wuxuu sheegay in la dhibeeray kadib markii la xukumay dambiyo culus, laakiin markii ay dhibaatada dhammaadeen, la keenay xabsi dalka kale. Wuxuu yiri: 'Wuxuu xabsiga ku jiray ka badan sanad. Ma jirin fariin, ma jirin furitaanka, ma jirin fursad in la hadlo. Tani ma ahan nidaamka sharciga ah.'
Nguyen wuxuu intaas ku daray in la dhibeeray iyadoo aan la sheegin halka la keenayo, isagoo ku jira xabsi dalka aan la ogeyn, halkaas oo aan wax dambi ah la hayn. Wuxuu yiri: 'Wuxuu xabsiga ku jiray ka badan sanad. Ma jirin fariin, ma jirin furitaanka, ma jirin fursad in la hadlo. Tani ma ahan nidaamka sharciga ah.'
Dhaq-dhaqaaqa Dhibeerka iyo Xukuumadda
Eswatini, oo ah dalka ugu dambeeya ee Afrika ee dowlad dhexe ah, waxaa loo bixiyay lacag dhan $5.1 milyan si loo qaato dadka la dhibeeray. Waa mid ka mid ah 500 qof oo la dhibeeray Maraykanka ilaa dalal Afrikaan ah oo aan la xiriirin tan iyo markii barnaamijku bilaabmay. Xukuumadda Maraykanka waxay sheegtay in barnaamijku yahay mid loogu talagalay in la saaro dadka la dhibeeray si degdeg ah, inkastoo hay'adaha xuquuqda aadanaha ay ka cabanayaan.
Bishii la soo dhaafay, maxkamad sare oo Maraykanka ah waxay go'aamisay in barnaamijka la joojiyo, laakiin Sareeda Maraykanka waxay go'aamisay in la sii wado ilaa December. Dadka la dhibeeray waxaa loo keenay dalal sida Eswatini, South Africa, iyo kale, iyadoo qaar ka mid ah dowladaha ay bixiyaan lacagaha.
Phone Chomsavanh, a Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini, was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year. His lawyer stated that Chomsavanh had already served his sentence in the U.S. before being sent to the Matsapha Correctional Complex near Mbabane without prior notice.
Lack of Due Process and Legal Challenges
Chomsavanh's U.S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, announced that the deportee was only informed of his destination shortly before a military cargo plane landed him in Eswatini more than 14 months ago. Nguyen criticized the situation, stating, 'He sat there for more than a year. No notice, no hearing, no chance to object. That is not due process by any definition.'
The case highlights the contentious nature of the Trump administration's third-country deportation program. Last month, a U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling to halt the program because it failed to give immigrants time to challenge removal to a third country if they fear persecution. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week to temporarily allow the administration to continue swiftly removing immigrants to third countries, though it will hear arguments in December.
Broader Context of Third-Country Deportations
Chomsavanh is one of around 500 immigrants deported from the United States to African countries that are not their home nations since the program began last year, according to advocacy groups Human Rights First and Refugees International. Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, was paid $5.1 million by the Trump administration to accept deportees, having received around 30 individuals so far.
Chomsavanh and the four other immigrants he was deported with were convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. but had completed their sentences by the time they were sent to Eswatini. Nguyen noted, 'He had already served his time. Instead they put him on a plane without telling him where it was headed and left him in a prison in a country he had never heard of, where nobody ever accused him of anything.' Chomsavanh has since left Eswatini and landed in Johannesburg en route to Laos.
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Sawir: ABC News US Xigasho
