Two weeks ago the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted in favour of seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with regards to the UK's sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. The motion was proposed by Mauritius and passed with 94 votes in favour. Fifteen countries voted against, while sixty five abstained. Since the vote, a cross-section of MPs from the SNP, the DUP, Plaid Cymru and the Labour Party, have submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM) to the Ho

A new motion has been launched in Parliament calling on the UK Government to back Chagossians long-running struggle to return to their homeland. The cross party motion already has 47 signatures, with members from all parties in the Westminster Parliament adding their names. Please ask your MP to sign the motion now. No matter who they are or what party they are in, please ask. You can write to your MP asking they sign Early Day Motion 79 on your behalf quickly and simply thro