{"id":30139,"date":"2023-05-29T09:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T09:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2"},"modified":"2023-05-29T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:53:29","slug":"mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius: Rights groups warn of climate of repression \u2022 FRANCE 24 English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Rights groups in Mauritius have warned of a growing climate of repression and insecurity against government critics and journalists. Earlier this month, anti-corruption activist Bruno Laurette was arrested at his home near the capital Port Louis. Police said they found 40 kilogrammes of hashish in his possession &#8212; but he says it was all set up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mauritius: Rights groups warn of climate of repression \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dLnpKBxD0ww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Rights groups in Mauritius have warned of a growing climate of repression and insecurity against government critics and journalists. Earlier this month, anti-corruption activist Bruno Laurette was arrested at his home near the capital Port Louis. Police said they found 40 kilogrammes of hashish in his possession &#8212; but he says it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,18],"tags":[233,245,241,270],"class_list":["post-30139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","category-video","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-mauritius","tag-port-louis-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mauritius: Rights groups warn of climate of repression \u2022 FRANCE 24 English - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rights groups in Mauritius have warned of a growing climate of repression and insecurity against government critics and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mauritius: Rights groups warn of climate of repression \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rights groups in Mauritius have warned of a growing climate of repression and insecurity against government critics and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-29T09:43:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-29T10:53:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/05\/sm_1685341329.644462.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"252\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mauritius: Rights groups warn of climate of repression \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-29T09:43:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-29T10:53:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2\"},\"wordCount\":82,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/05\/sm_1685341329.644462.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mauritius\",\"Mauritius\",\"Port Louis\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\",\"video\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-rights-groups-warn-of-climate-of-repression-france-24-english-2\",\"name\":\"Mauritius: Rights groups warn of climate of repression \u2022 FRANCE 24 English - 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