On Friday, September 11, government officials in Equatorial Guinea kidnapped and assaulted our clients, Ahmed Soliman and Samson Birhane, then disappeared them to an undisclosed location where they remain incommunicado.

This was done in retaliation for speaking to reporters about their conditions of confinement and threats of being sent back to their countries, where they face a risk of persecution and torture. We urge the U.S. State Department to demand their release and return them to the U.S., as they should never have been deported to Equatorial Guinea as a third country in the first place. Read the Urgent Appeal on Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr24/1476/2026/en/