The Chagos Islands, The Story of a Crime Against Humanity

Between 1966 and 1973, the entire population of this Indian Ocean archipelago was arbitrarily deported from their homeland to allow the installation of a U.S. military base. For over half a century, the Chagossian people have waged a struggle against colonial arbitrariness. On November 8, 1965, the Chagos Islands, under British sovereignty since 1810 following [...]