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President Allen Vincatassin: Chagossian return needs to happen soon

Sep 28, 2016
1 min

President Allen Vincatassin: Chagossian return needs to happen soon

Allen Vincatassin, a Chagossian community leader elected President-in-exile in 2011, has spoken with 24 hour news channel RT about the community's ongoing struggle to win return to their homeland. He encourages British citizens to lobby their MPs to tell them its time to back a Chagossian return programme. Speaking on the current affairs programme Going Underground, Mr Vincatassin explained the history of how Chagossians came to be exiled and his hopes that, with UK governmen

Carta Capital: Brazilian magazine reports on Chagos fight for justice

Stefan Donnelly

Mar 23, 2016
2 min

Carta Capital: Brazilian magazine reports on Chagos fight for justice

Brazilian weekly magazine Carta Capital has picked up the story of the Chagossian people's long fight for justice, in an excellent Spanish language article published this week. Read the original article in full and in Spanish here. You can read an automated translation, meanwhile, via the Google Translate service. Clear distinct memories of the unique life and culture which Chagossians had enjoyed for centuries on the Islands prior to deportation open the report. Speaking to

John Pilger & Benjamin Zephaniah join Chagossian call for justice

Dec 8, 2015
3 min

John Pilger & Benjamin Zephaniah join Chagossian call for justice

‘The Chagossian exile is an affront to democracy. We need radical campaigning action now.’ These were powerful words from John Pilger, the internationally renowned journalist and documentary filmmaker, as he stood in front of a packed room at the Barbican in London on Wednesday. We were there to watch one of his most acclaimed documentaries, which tells the story of the expulsion of the native Chagossian people from their islands. See video highlights of the the event on the

Chagos Day: 50th Anniversary of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Nov 10, 2015
2 min

Chagos Day: 50th Anniversary of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This weekend the Chagossian community held a low key ceremoney of remeberance in 'Chagos Day,' timed to conincide with the UK-US agreement to create the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). An infamous condition of the agreement was the forced removal of the native Chagossian people. In a letter to The Times, members of the promenient Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group wrote to mark the occasion. They highlight the "unique opportunity" next year to "dispose of the