EPISODE · Oct 21, 2024 · 30 MIN
Paradise Lost
from Rights & Wrongs
In the late 1960s, the United Kingdom made a deal allowing the US to build a military base on Diego Garcia, one of 58 islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The UK, which had colonized the islands in the 1800s, claimed there was “no permanent population” in Chagos. But that was a lie. Several hundred Chagossians lived on those islands. They were all forcibly removed by 1973 and have been campaigning to return ever since. In 2024, the UK announced it would relinquish its last colony in Africa, recognizing the sovereignty of Mauritius. What does this mean for the Chagossians? Will they finally be able to return home? Mausi Segun: Executive Director of the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch Ellianne Baptiste: Second-generation Chagossian
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