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Read Chagos Refugees Group chair Olivier Bancoult's new article demanding the US and UK governments provide justice for Chagossians

5/11/2023

 
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Please read and share Olivier Bancoult's new article demanding the US and UK governments provide justice for the crimes against humanity committed against Chagossians! https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/chagos-islands-olivier-bancoult-uk-us-military-base-human-rights-watch/

Chagossians Going Home?! UK Finally Will Negotiate!!!

5/4/2023

 
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The British government has announced a dramatic policy change: it will begin negotiations with the government of Mauritius about Chagossians returning home and sovereignty over Diego Garcia and the Chagos islands.

Chagossians must be an equal partner in these negotiations.

Period.

US + UK Committed "CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY" against Chagossians, Human Rights Watch Shows

5/4/2023

 
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Human Rights Watch just published a major report showing that the US + UK governments committed CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY by forcibly displacing the Chagossian people during construction of the US military base on Diego Garcia + barring Chagossians from returning home for more than 1/2 a century.

The report,
“That’s When the Nightmare Started," is an unprecedented condemnation of the US + UK by a major human rights organization.

Human Rights Watch calls for full reparations for the Chagossians from the US + UK, including:

1) allowing #Chagossians to return home
2) resettlement assistance
3) proper compensation for 1/2 century of exile
4) official US + UK government apologies
5) public release of documents related to the Chagossians.

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

Watch a 1-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a0Ah3k88yOc

Watch a powerful 18-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkFhy_ET4ik

For more coverage and reactions see https://twitter.com/LetUsReturnUSA + https://www.facebook.com/uschagossupport

Watch powerful film documenting US/UK "Crimes Against Humanity" against Chagossians

5/3/2023

 

Watch a short 1-minute Human Rights Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a0Ah3k88yOc

Chagossians Must Be Part of UK-Mauritius Negotiations!!!

5/3/2023

 
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After the British government announced it would start negotiations with the Mauritian government over sovereignty in Chagos and Chagossians returning home, Chagossians rightly demanded they be part of these negotiations. Disturbingly the UK government said it would have “conversations” with Chagossians and then excluded them from the first round of talks. Chagossians and supporters including members of Parliament and Human Rights Watch have demanded that Chagossians be fully involved in all future discussions.

Major Chagos Updates from Let Us Return USA!

5/2/2023

 
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Let Us Return USA!, the US support group for the exiled Chagossian people, wants to share some huge updates, including news that Chagossians may be close to going home….

In November the British government announced a dramatic policy change: it would begin negotiations with the government of Mauritius about Chagossians returning home and sovereignty over Diego Garcia and the Chagos islands.

Chagossians rightly demanded they be part of these negotiations. Disturbingly the UK government said it would have “conversations” with Chagossians and then
excluded them from the first round of talks. Chagossians and supporters, including members of Parliament and Human Rights Watch, have insisted that Chagossians be fully involved in all future talks.

Human Rights Watch’s involvement (see video) is another major development, increasing pressure on the US and UK governments and support for Chagossians. HRW, one of the world’s leading human rights organizations, will release a major report about the Chagossians in the next few weeks. HRW has already demanded that any UK-Mauritius agreement include a commitment to the right of return and full reparations.

The links
underlined above provide more information about the new developments. For other major updates click the link below....


Major Updates (2023)

Human Rights Watch speaks out for Chagossians

5/1/2023

 

Liste: Human Rights Watch Hosts Discussion of "Crimes against Humanity" Committed against Chagossians by US and UK, with Olivier Bancoult

5/1/2023

 
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"Paradise Lost: How Building of US Base on Chagos Led to Heinous Crimes": https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2023/02/15/paradise-lost-how-building-us-base-chagos-led-heinous-crimes

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