Chagossians - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chagossians (also Îlois [4] or Chagos Islanders) are an Afro-Asian ethnic group originating from freed African slaves brought to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, in the late 18th century as well as people of Asian (Indian and Malay) descent. [5]
“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 Archipelago. The...
UK's Chagos Islands descendants feel like 'lost nation' - BBC
WEBMore than 50 years ago, Britain claimed sovereignty over the Chagos Islands and evicted its entire population to make way for a joint US military airbase. Decades later, Chagossian families in...
UK, US Expelled Islanders 50 Years Ago, a Crime Against Humanity
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · Human Rights Watch identified three crimes against humanity against the Chagossian people: a continuing colonial crime of forced displacement; the prevention of their return home by the UK; and...
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.
Let Chagossians go home, decide their future - Human Rights Watch
WEBJun 21, 2023 · As Human Rights Watch found in its recent report, That’s When the Nightmare Started: UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes, the forcible displacement of the...
The History – The Chagos Archive - American University
WEBThe exile of the Chagossian people is one of the world’s least known human rights violations. Between 1968 and 1973, the US and UK governments secretly removed the entire Chagossian community from their homes to create a military base on the Chagossians’ largest island, Diego Garcia.
History of Chagos – Chagos Archive
WEBBetween 1965 and 1973, the U.S. and U.K. governments forcibly removed the inhabitants of Chagos to create the military base. The people, known as Chagossians, were left in impoverished exile on the western Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and the Seychelles.
Chagos Islands: Chagossians in exile are fighting to keep their …
WEBMar 17, 2022 · When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.
How the US and UK worked together to recolonise the Chagos …
WEBFeb 24, 2022 · Today, this island is home to a US Naval Communication Station with a few thousand US troops and international support staff. I’ve carried out research on the recolonisation of the Chagos...