Chagos Negotiator Takes Break from London to Defend Mauritius Torture Record – Guido Fawkes

Chagos Negotiator Takes Break from London to Defend Mauritius Torture Record

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Excited reporting over the Chagos surrender deal has gone quiet yet again after Mauritius was said to be demanding even more cash from the UK in exchange for taking over the islands. The key negotiator is a little busy…

Per local press reports Mauritian Attorney General and chief Chagos negotiator Gavin Glover has been in Geneva over the weekend with his brother Brian – the new Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the UN. His presence is explained:

“He was there defending Mauritius where the UN Committee on torture had concerns about reports of police torture in Mauritius. Gavin Glover has asserted that there is zero tolerance of police torture in the country… there are no negotiations underway in London at this time.”

The UN Committee Against Torture’s “questions focused in particular on what the Mauritian government intended to do to better supervise police activities.” The committee said it was concerned that there was no timetable for the implementation of Mauritius’ Police and Criminal Evidence Bill to regulate arrests and concerning pretrial detentions…

The UN committee also took note of issues with Mauritius’ justice system which include detention of accused suspects along with convicted criminals, the trial of minors, torture in Mauritian legal provisions, prison overcrowding, and police investigation delays. The official communication also emphasises: “The delegation mentioned the follow-up to several cases of ill-treatment of detainees, cases that have made headlines in recent years, in particular the death of detainees… Twenty complaints against the State have been recorded over the past few years, some of which are still under investigation.” Chagossians, for their part, are opposed to handover of their native territory to this particular government…