{"id":176711,"date":"2019-11-22T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?p=176711"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:07:58","slug":"chagos-islands-britain-an-illegal-colonial-occupier-after-failing-to-hand-back-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?p=176711","title":{"rendered":"Chagos Islands: Britain an ‘illegal colonial occupier’ after failing to hand back control"},"content":{"rendered":"

UTTERLY SHAMEFUL<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Foreign Office does not recognise Mauritius’ claim to sovereignty over the islands, one of which is home to a US airbase.<\/h2>\n
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Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago, is the site of a major US military base<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Britain has been accused of acting like an illegal colonial occupier for refusing to hand back control of a remote set of islands in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

The Chagos Islands were due to be given back to Mauritius by Friday following an overwhelming vote at the UN General Assembly in May.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office says it does not recognise Mauritius’ claim to sovereignty over the archipelago, located 310 miles (500km) from the Maldives, which used to be a British colony.<\/p>\n

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Chagossians celebrate after the UN ordered Britain to give up control of the islands in February<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

It insists it has every right to hold onto the islands – one of which, Diego Garcia, is home to a US military airbase.<\/p>\n

In order to build the base, Britain expelled thousands of Chagossians from their homelands between 1968 and 1974.<\/p>\n

They were sent more than 1,000 miles away to Mauritius and the Seychelles, where they faced extreme poverty and discrimination.