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Chagos islands dispute: HRW condemns UK, US actions on archipelago • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 16 Feb 2023
Britain is accused of crimes against humanity against the Chagossians. These people were expelled in the 1960s and 1970s from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The reason for their misfortune was the US base in Diego Garcia. Human Rights Watch claims that "the British government secretly planned, with the United States" their deportation to Mauritius and the Seychelles. FRANCE 24's Adboolah Earally and Laurent Berstecher report.
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