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Trump’s team concerned Starmer will complete Chagos Islands deal before inauguration
4 weeks ago

Trump’s team concerned Starmer will complete Chagos Islands deal before inauguration

The Independent  

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Diego Garcia row: Truss and Cleverly blamed as Starmer ‘surrenders’ key airbase islands
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Diego Garcia row: Truss and Cleverly blamed as Starmer ‘surrenders’ key airbase islands

The Independent  

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Fears over future of Falklands after Chagos Islands deal dubbed ‘strategic disaster’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fears over future of Falklands after Chagos Islands deal dubbed ‘strategic disaster’

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Chagossians accuse Sir Keir Starmer of treating them like ­'second-class citizens' after UK struck deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chagossians accuse Sir Keir Starmer of treating them like ­'second-class citizens' after UK struck deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Daily Mail  

Chagossians living in the UK have accused Sir Keir Starmer of treating them like ‘second-class citizens’. Frankie Bontemps with members of the Chaggosian community in Crawley Keir Starmer made the announcement in a joint statement with his Mauritian counterpart today Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the …

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U.K. to restore sovereignty of Chagos islands to Mauritius
2 months, 3 weeks ago

U.K. to restore sovereignty of Chagos islands to Mauritius

The Hindu  

The United Kingdom and Mauritius have reached a historic political agreement to secure the strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base on Diego Garcia and towards restoring Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago. “It sees Mauritius assume sovereignty over British Indian Ocean Territory, with the U.K. authorised to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius on Diego Garcia.” The political agreement is subject …

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UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
2 months, 3 weeks ago

UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base. The Chagos Islands, which conjure up images of paradise with their lush vegetation and long stretches of white …

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U.K. gives sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key U.S. base remains
2 months, 3 weeks ago

U.K. gives sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key U.S. base remains

LA Times  

The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base. World & Nation Britain Illegally Expelled Chagos Islanders for U.S. Base, Court Rules The British government illegally expelled nearly 2,000 …

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The Chagos Islands were paradise. Then came the UK and the US
1 year, 9 months ago

The Chagos Islands were paradise. Then came the UK and the US

Al Jazeera  

Why have the people of the Chagos Islands not been allowed to go home? As decolonisation swept the globe, the United Kingdom created one last African colony. Chagossians have been fighting – and sometimes winning – in court to return to their home islands, and now, Human Rights Watch says what the UK and the US did amounts to crimes …

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Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands
1 year, 10 months ago

Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain and the United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a U.S. Navy base, a rights group charged Wednesday, calling on the two governments to let the Chagossians return. Human Rights Watch also said Britain …

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Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands
1 year, 10 months ago

Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands

The Independent  

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‘A terrible injustice’: Chagossians fighting for UK passports 50 years after forced island eviction
3 years ago

‘A terrible injustice’: Chagossians fighting for UK passports 50 years after forced island eviction

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