David Vine
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
- 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
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David Vine
- Feb 21
- 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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David Vine
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
Updates on the Struggle/Getting Involved
Happy Chagos Day! Chagos Day was November 3rd, and we wanted to use it as an opportunity to provide some important updates about the...
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David Vine
- Aug 15, 2018
- 1 min
US Media Finally Covering Chagossian Story
Great story by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the LA Times about the Chagossians and their upcoming case before the International...
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David Vine
- Jul 18, 2018
- 1 min
Chagossians Resisting Another Deportation
More good coverage of the Chagossians struggling to prevent their deportation from the UK: https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2018...
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David Vine
- Jun 26, 2018
- 1 min
CNN: UK Separating Chagossian Children and Parents
Big news to see the US media finally starting to cover the Chagossian story more--this time CNN with a good story about Chagossian...
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