Pope visiting Equatorial Guinea prison in spotlight after US migrant deportations

Lucian Nemoiu

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is visiting one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons Wednesday, drawing attention to human rights abuses that campaigners have denounced for years and especially after the U.S. began deporting third-country migrants here. Leo’s visit to the prison in Bata, the central African country’s port city, continues the tradition of Pope Francis, who made prison visits a priority of his pontificate . Francis’ aim was to give prisoners hope and to remind

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