Thursday, February 16, 2023

Chagos islands dispute: HRW condemns UK, US actions on archipelago

Issued on: 16/02/2023 - 

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Britain is accused of crimes against humanity against the Chagossians. These people were expelled in the 1960s and 1970s from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The reason for their misfortune was the US base in Diego Garcia. Human Rights Watch claims that "the British government secretly planned, with the United States" their deportation to Mauritius and the Seychelles. FRANCE 24's Adboolah Earally and Laurent Berstecher report.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians

The United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, began expelling the native inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago in 1968, concluding its forced ...

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-and

2 days ago ... The reality was that a community had lived on Chagos for centuries. The Chagossians are predominately descendants of enslaved people, forcibly ...

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/15/interview-uk-us-treatment-chagossians-continuing-colonial-crime

2 days ago ... The Chagos islands are a group of islands located in the Indian Ocean. Before the British forcibly evicted their inhabitants, they were home to ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/chagos-islanders-full-reparations-exile-colonial-crime-human-rights-watch-trial

2 days ago ... Human Rights Watch also demands trial for 'appalling colonial crime' of expulsion – and continuing ill treatment – of Chagossians.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-and-borders-bill-chagossian-nationality-factsheet/nationality-and-borders-bill-chagossian-nationality-factsheet

Jan 16, 2023 ... the Chagossians are the former residents of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) also known as the Chagos Islands, who were removed .....

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/reclaiming-chagos-islands-british-colonization/638444

Jun 15, 2022 ... Uprooted and desperately poor, the Chagossians formed small communities in Mauritius, the Seychelles, and the United Kingdom, with little ...

https://minorityrights.org/minorities/chagossiansilois

They came largely from Madagascar and Mozambique. Britain took over the exploitation of the Chagos Islands in 1814, and continued to practice slavery there ...

https://www.africanews.com/2023/02/15/forced-displacement-of-the-chagossians-by-uk-usa-a-crime-against-humanity-hrw

2 days ago ... Human Rights Watch also said in report published Wednesday (Feb. 15) that Britain and the U.S. should pay compensation to the Chagossians ...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia

As of August 2018, Diego Garcia is the only inhabited island of the BIOT; the population is composed of military personnel and supporting contractors. It is one ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia

Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the ...


https://veteranlife.com/military-history/diego-garcia

The island of Diego Garcia is a British Indian Ocean Territory near the tip of India. This military installation is located on the Chagos Archipelago, which is ...



https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-12-12/diego-garcia-navy-indian-ocean-china-8396930.html

Dec 13, 2022 ... Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia hosts units from the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Space Force and the U.K. Royal Navy. Located in the center of ...



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