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Some fear they could be prosecuted by Mauritian authorities for supporting UK sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.

He continues to pressure his Department of Justice to arrest and prosecute his political opponents to achieve that aim.

To prove vindictive prosecution, a defendant must show through objective evidence that the prosecutor acted with “genuine animus” and that the defendant would not have been prosecuted except for that hostility.

The defendant also talked about the night of Madeleine's disappearance, police corruption and DNA in a series of messages, prosecuting lawyer Nadia Silver said.

Now, to the dismay of rights groups, the courts are prosecuting young protesters.