David Vine
Major Chagos Updates from Let Us Return USA!
A day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Let Us Return USA!, the US support group for the exiled Chagossian people, wants to share some...
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Let Us Return USA!
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Chagossians Must Be Part of UK-Mauritius Negotiations!!!
After the British government announced it would start negotiations with the Mauritian government over sovereignty in Chagos and...
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Let Us Return USA!
- Nov 5, 2022
- 1 min
Chagossians Going Home?! UK Finally Will Negotiate!!!
The British government has announced a dramatic policy change: it will begin negotiations with the government of Mauritius about...
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David Vine
- Jun 22, 2022
- 2 min
Chagossian Momentum Grows with Major "Atlantic" Article
Perhaps the biggest-ever article in the US press was just published in the major news magazine "The Atlantic," signalling growing...
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David Vine
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Major Victory! Chagossians born in exile win UK citizenship!
After years of struggle, Chagossians born in exile who have been barred from UK citizenship will be allowed to apply and gain citizenship...
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David Vine
- Mar 7, 2022
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David Vine
- Feb 21, 2022
- 1 min
5 Chagossians Return to Chagos without UK Permission!
Olivier Bancoult, president of the Chagos Refugees Group, and 4 other Chagossians traveled to the Chagos Islands aboard a Mauritian...
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David Vine
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
BIG NEWS: New York Times Op-Ed Slams US/UK for Colonialism in Chagos
A major New York Times op-ed shows how the US and UK are holding onto Diego Garcia as a colony and preventing Chagossians from going...
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David Vine
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Will President Biden Bring Justice to the Chagossians?
Diego Garcia is one of the United States’ largest overseas military bases. It was built with the expulsion of the Chagossians, who had...
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David Vine
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
UK's Chagossian "Compensation" Fund Spends £12000 in 4 Years; Some Paid for UK Officials' Travel
£40 million in supposed compensation for the Chagossians. Four years later only £12000 has been spent. Less than 1%. This is the record...
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David Vine
- Feb 19, 2021
- 1 min
New Chagossian Lawsuit Charges Apartheid Treatment
Joe Biden was a leading voice in the senate against apartheid and campaigned as “an anti-apartheid hero” at a 1976 South African...
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David Vine
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
Eutopya Podcast on the History and Struggle of the Chagossians
Check out this great student-run podcast where Prof. David Vine discusses the history of the Chagos archipelago, its people, and the...
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David Vine
- Feb 6, 2021
- 1 min
Biden: Support a “Rules-Based Order” and Let the Chagossians Return!
For years US foreign policy goals have been to support a “rules-based order” in the Indo-Pacific. Facts, such as the unlawful occupation...
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David Vine
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
UN Rules UK Control over Chagos Islands "Unlawful"
Major news! The UN has again ruled it is finally time the UK upheld its end of international law and end its "unlawful" occupation of the...
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David Vine
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
"How the US Stole an Island": New Viral Video Tells Chagossians' Story
This video has received more than 50,000 views in about 2 hours. Please help it go even more viral by sharing it widely on social media...
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David Vine
- May 31, 2019
- 1 min
"Crushing" Defeat for UK (and US) at United Nations
The UK and US governments suffered what The Guardian called a "crushing" defeat and a "spectacular" diplomatic failure when the UN...
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David Vine
- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
Labour Leader Corbyn Condemns UK Government Decision to Ignore Int'l Court
Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the Theresa May government's decision to ignore the February ruling of the International Court of Justice. In...
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David Vine
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
World Court Says UK Must Give Up Chagos, Allow Chagossian Return!
Huge news! The International Court of Justice has ruled that the UK unlawfully separated the Chagos islands from Mauritius during the...
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