Resurrected Colonial Courts and the Decolonization of the Chagos ...
WEB4 days ago · This post tells the fascinating story of two recent and remarkable developments in the decolonization of the Chagos Archipelago. One such development was highly publicized, the other largely overlooked. Last week, the governments of Mauritius and the UK issued a surprise joint statement that the two countries had reached an ‘historical political agreement’ on the exercise of sovereignty ...
Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of …
History of Chagos – Chagos Archive
WEBShortly after the end of the American Revolution, enslaved peoples from Africa became the first settlers in the Indian Ocean’s Chagos Archipelago, when they were brought to work on the archipelago’s largest island, Diego Garcia.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move. This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US...
U.K. hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after long …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Among the reasons for the long-running dispute over the archipelago is the decision by Britain, ... Mauritius will now be able to resettle people on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, with the ...
Chagos Archipelago | Island Group, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Chagos Archipelago, island group in the central Indian Ocean, located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. It is coterminous with the British Indian Ocean.
“That’s When the Nightmare Started” - Human Rights Watch
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · About 60 years ago, the United Kingdom government secretly planned, with the United States, to force an entire Indigenous people, the Chagossians, from their homes in the Chagos...
Will the Expelled People of Chagos Finally Find Justice?
WEBOct 24, 2023 · As Mauritius sought independence, Britain set out to detach Chagos from the colony’s administrative jurisdiction. Keeping it separate was important so that one of the archipelago’s islands,...
UK, US Expelled Islanders 50 Years Ago, a Crime Against Humanity
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · Under the plan, the UK split Chagos from Mauritius and declared Chagos a new colony in 1965, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), now the UK’s last colony in Africa.
The Chagossians Want Their Islands Back - The Atlantic
WEBJun 15, 2022 · Half a century ago, the British government forcibly removed 2,000 people from a remote string of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They’ve never stopped struggling to return. Victoria,...