The documents obtained by NYT include confidential #State Department correspondence & a funding memo, which connects the money transfer [ #bribe] to the #Cameroon #deportation arrangement. The files, coupled with confirmation from officials, reveal how the #US government used financial pressure [ #extortion] & political incentives to secure a deal that the deportees’ lawyer compared to “selling people.” [ #slavery]
#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #HumanRights #DueProcess #Trump
#Cameroon has, for more than 4 decades, been led by a strongman president, Paul Biya. The #Trump admin opted not to criticize his disputed re-election in October, & said nothing afterward when security forces waged a deadly crackdown on #protesters.
That gave the #US leverage weeks later, diplomats wrote, when it came time to negotiate a #deportation deal.
#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess
