Cuban Deportee's Hunger Strike Highlights Legal Dispute in Eswatini

A Cuban man deported by the Trump administration to Eswatini has launched a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention, according to his lawyer's statement on Wednesday.

Roberto Mosquera del Peral is one of five individuals deported from the U.S. to Eswatini in July, all held in a maximum-security facility, following a series of deportations initiated during President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement campaign.

Though U.S. officials cited criminal convictions for the deportees, lawyers argue that their clients had served their sentences and are unjustly detained. Alma David, representing Mosquera del Peral, claimed her client is facing life-threatening conditions due to arbitrary detention, starting his hunger strike on October 15.