UN rules UK acted illegally over control of Chagos Islands
Published on Mar 23, 2015
UN rules UK acted illegally over control of Chagos Islands, RT’s Bill Dod speaks to Stefan Donnelly of UK Chagos Support Association
John Pilger – Stealing A Nation [2004]
Published on Feb 24, 2013
‘Stealing A Nation’ (2004) is an extraordinary film about the plight of the Chagos Islands, whose indigenous population was secretly and brutally expelled by British Governments in the late 1960s and early 1970s to make way for an American military base. The tragedy, which falls within the remit of the International Criminal Court as “a crime against humanity”, is told by Islanders who were dumped in the slums of Mauritius and by British officials who left behind a damning trail of Foreign Office documents.
Before the Americans came, more than 2,000 people lived on the islands in the Indian Ocean, many with roots back to the late 18th century. There were thriving villages, a school, a hospital, a church, a railway and an undisturbed way of life. The islands were, and still are, a British crown colony. In the 1960s, the government of Harold Wilson struck a secret deal with the United States to hand over the main island of Diego Garcia. The Americans demanded that the surrounding islands be “swept” and “sanitized”. Unknown to Parliament and to the US Congress and in breach of the United Nations Charter, the British Government plotted with Washington to expel the entire population.
Stealing a Nation A Special Report by John Pilger
Published on Feb 16, 2014
Stealing a Nation – How the UK/US Stole the Diego Garcia Island
Published on Mar 20, 2014
‘Britons manipulating justice’: Displaced Chagos Islanders’ bitter reality
Published on Mar 17, 2013
The people of the Chagos Islands, displaced from their homes by the British government several decades ago, have been fighting for their right to return to their homeland ever since – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/9gcc9d
John Pilger – Proven Conspiracy – Chagos Islands Population Expelled to Make Way for US Base
Published on Sep 5, 2012
John Pilger On US & British – corruption & conspiracy in ‘Maintaining The Fiction’ Re Chagos Islands Population (British Citizens) Expelled after the WhiteHouse Mafia decided they wanted to transform Diego Garcia into a US military base.
The highest level corruption which later proved to be a true conspiracy and that the actions violated major international laws (twice).
Nearly thirty years later the Chagos Islanders are still waiting for justice.
The British maintain a presence on the island but NAVSUPPFAC (the U.S. Navy Support Facility) functions as the host command.
My Island Home – Chagos Islands
Published on Nov 20, 2007
April 2007
Three decades ago the Chagos islanders were forced from their homes by an American military installation. We hear of the islander’s hopes ahead of the landmark court case that will rule their eviction illegal.
The Chagossians have a song, “We have no identity. We have no nationality. We are an uprooted people living in abject poverty.” Their identity and nationality was stolen by international necessity: the Americans needed their islands in order to control military operations in the Middle East. Now, their cause has been taken up by the liberal lobby in the UK, and their wish, “for a wonderful life, in our native land” may be granted.
