The US has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said, describing it as a “super dangerous” transfer to a country with which the activist has no connection, according to Reuters.
The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund (IALDF) has said that three Iranian women who fled persecution were at risk of deportation, including one who had converted to Christianity.
In the end, only the activist was on the flight which took off from Louisiana, said her lawyer, Emily Trostle, while not ruling out that the others could potentially be deported later.
The plane landed in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, shortly before 10 pm local time (2100 GMT), after a stop in Ghana’s capital Accra, according to the ICE Flight Monitor managed by Human Rights First.
“They have absolutely no connection to this place. In all of my filings I submitted tons of information about how this was super dangerous,” Trostle told Reuters.
