Mauritius: Chagos Treaty Doesn't End Harm to Indigenous People
Friday, 23 May 2025 () [HRW] The UK and Mauritius on May 22, 2025, announced they had agreed a treaty concerning the Chagos Archipelago. Over 50 years ago, the UK and US forcibly displaced the entire Chagossian Indigenous people, mostly to Mauritius, for a US military base on the island of Diego Garcia and have prevented their return to live in their homeland, an ongoing colonial crime against humanity.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after last-minute legal delay
Under the agreement, the UK will pay Mauritius €120 million each year to lease back their military base for at..
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Friday, 23 May 2025 ()
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