...As Common Dreams reported, civil rights attorneys earlier this year accused DHS of "crimes against humanity" before and during the so-called "death flights," in which Cameroonians and other Africans were deported to a nation where a four-year civil war has killed thousands of people and displaced more than 700,000 others.

On Wednesday, the Atlanta-based advocacy group Project South, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against ICE, DHS, and other federal agencies demanding information about the "death flights." ...

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