- UN court says UK illegally occupied Chagos Islands Archived Message
- UN court says UK illegally occupied Chagos Islands - Tomski February 25, 2019, 11:39 pm
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- Chagos Islands dispute: UK obliged to end control - UN ... from beeb - Tomski February 25, 2019, 11:43 pm
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on February 25, 2019, 11:39 pm
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https://www.rt.com/news/452400-icj-uk-chagos-decision/ Britain illegally occupied a group of islands in the Indian Ocean that belong to Mauritius, the International Court of Justice has ruled. Their population was expelled to make room for a massive US military base on Diego Garcia. The entire population of the Chagos archipelago was expelled by the British between 1967 and 1973 to make room for the US base, which is the only inhabited part of the archipelago today. The UK formerly recognized it as part of Mauritius, but separated the islands as a precondition of granting independence to that former colony. “The Court concludes that, as a result of the Chagos Archipelago’s unlawful detachment and its incorporation into a new colony… the process of decolonization of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when Mauritius acceded to independence in 1968,” the ICJ said in the advisory opinion issued on Monday, adding that the UK “has an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible.” Thirteen out of 14 judges on the panel sided with Mauritius in giving the advisory opinion requested by the UN General Assembly. The only dissenting judge was from the US. The Guardian described the ruling as “a humiliating blow to Britain’s prestige on the world stage.” Documents cited by the ICJ show that London had told Washington that when military facilities were built on Diego Garcia “it would be free from local civilian inhabitants.” Some 1,500 islanders were deported from the archipelago by 1971 to make room for the US base, and forbidden from returning. Etc. |
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