DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS - ‘That’s When the Nightmare Started: UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes

The present report report documents the treatment of the Chagossians, an Indigenous people whom the UK and US forced from their homes in the 1960s and 1970s so that a US military base could be built on Diego Galán, in the Chagos Archipelago.

date: 24/02/2023

Keywords: forced displacement, human rights, indigenous peoples, Chagossian people, United Kingdom, United States of America, Mauritius, military bases

Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Publication date: Feb 2023
Language: EN

‘That’s When the Nightmare Started: UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes

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