Authorities in Dubai have deported a Mauritian blogger and his 11-year-old son with no official reason given for the decision.
“The police covered my head with a hood and I was taken to prison,” said Shameem Korimbocus.
“Being detained in Al Awir Central Jail for three days gives you goosebumps. At one point in time I thought I would end like [murdered Saudi journalist] Jamal Khashoggi.”
Mr Korimbocus’ Facebook page is called The Inconvenient Truth (“La vérité ki pou dérange zot” in Mauritian Creole) and has almost 60,000 followers. His posts are often satirical and others, like the one below criticising the prevalence of drug trafficking in Mauritius, are openly critical of the government:
Mr Korimbocus, who had been living in Dubai for the past eight years, was not arrested on arrival in Mauritus.
Mauritius’ Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has since told reporters: “If he [Shameem Korimbocus] said that there is a political motive behind this situation, he should be questioned about it, and not me. Besides, he had no problem when he returned home.
“I expect him to send me correspondence to explain to me what happened to him.”
Source:Â bbc.com