Erasing the Existence of 1,500 People: Britain's Ongoing Colonial Crime in the Indian Ocean

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/373660

More than half a century ago, the British and the Americans established the Diego Garcia military base, breaking international law in the process. The locals were forcibly exiled. But now, after decades of court battles, the people who once called the Chagos Archipelago home are closer to returning than ever before.