![Mauritius dispatch: violent fuel protests expose rising disillusionment and social faultlines](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/04/Mauritius1.jpg)
In the past few days, the Mauritian government has been facing what some claim to be the most violent protests in recent years, with residents from various mostly low-income neighbourhoods protesting unsustainable increases in the cost of living and the sudden and drastic increase of petrol and gas prices by more than 10% and 30%. [...]