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Sociology of minorities --- Human rights --- British Indian Ocean Territory
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The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instrumental in American military operations from the Cold War to the war on terror and may house a top-secret CIA prison where terror suspects are interrogated and tortured. But Diego Garcia harbors another dirty secret, one that has been kept from most of the world--until now. Island of Shame is the first major book to reveal the shocking truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia's indigenous people--the Chagossians--and deport them to slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where most live in dire poverty to this day. Drawing on interviews with Washington insiders, military strategists, and exiled islanders, as well as hundreds of declassified documents, David Vine exposes the secret history of Diego Garcia. He chronicles the Chagossians' dramatic, unfolding story as they struggle to survive in exile and fight to return to their homeland. Tracing U.S. foreign policy from the Cold War to the war on terror, Vine shows how the United States has forged a new and pervasive kind of empire that is quietly dominating the planet with hundreds of overseas military bases. Island of Shame is an unforgettable exposé of the human costs of empire and a must-read for anyone concerned about U.S. foreign policy and its consequences. The author will donate all royalties from the sale of this book to the Chagossians.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Military bases, American --- Chagossians --- Population transfers --- Refugees --- History. --- Chagossians. --- United States. --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)
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"An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"--
Population transfers --- Deportation --- Chagossians --- Deportees --- Chagossians. --- History. --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- Great Britain --- History --- Colonization. --- Colonies
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"In 1965, the UK excised the Chagos Islands from the colony of Mauritius to create the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in connection with the founding of a US military facility on the island of Diego Garcia. Consequently, the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were secretly exiled to Mauritius, where they became chronically impoverished. This book considers the resonance of international law for the Chagos Islanders. It advances the argument that BIOT constitutes a 'Non-Self-Governing Territory' pursuant to the provisions of Chapter XI of the UN Charter and for the wider purposes of international law. In addition, the book explores the extent to which the right of self-determination, indigenous land rights and a range of obligations contained in applicable human rights treaties could support the Chagossian right to return to BIOT. However, the rights of the Chagos Islanders are premised on the assumption that the UK possesses a valid sovereignty claim over BIOT. The evidence suggests that this claim is questionable and it is disputed by Mauritius. Consequently, the Mauritian claim threatens to compromise the entitlements of the Chagos Islanders in respect of BIOT as a matter of international law. This book illustrates the ongoing problems arising from international law's endorsement of the territorial integrity of colonial units for the purpose of decolonisation at the expense of the countervailing claims of colonial self-determination by non-European peoples that inhabited the same colonial unit. The book uses the competing claims to the Chagos Islands to demonstrate the need for a more nuanced approach to the resolution of sovereignty disputes resulting from the legacy of European colonialism."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Indigenous peoples --- Sovereignty. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- British Indian Ocean Territory.
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This book examines the history and contemporary living conditions of Chagossians who were evicted from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean to make way for a strategic U.S. military base. Initially part of colonial Mauritius, Chagos was integrated into a new colony named the British Indian Ocean Territory in 1965. In 1966, Great Britain transferred control of Diego Garcia, the largest Chagos island, to the Americans under a fifty year lease. The expulsions which followed were designed to satisfy the U.S. demand for an unpopulated territory. The Chagossians were thus forced to resettle in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where livelihoods are poor and marginalized. The Chagossians are currently engaged in a campaign seeking right of return to the archipelago and recognition as a people forced to live in diaspora.
Chagossians --- Population transfers --- Refugees --- History. --- Chagossians. --- Geschichte 1968-1973. --- Geschichte. --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- History
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Military bases, American --- Chagossians --- Population transfers --- Refugees --- Bases militaires américaines --- History. --- Chagossians. --- United States. --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) --- International relations. Foreign policy --- internationale betrekkingen --- Polemology
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"Retour à Lemberg" et "La Filière", deux enquêtes historiques couronnées de succès, ont imposé Philippe Sands comme l'écrivain de l'histoire des droits de l'homme. C'est en tant que représentant de l'île Maurice devant la Cour internationale de justice de La Haye qu'il lutte activement pour la reconnaissance d'une injustice criante, celle qui frappe l'archipel des Chagos, la "dernière colonie" britannique dans l'océan Indien. Dans les années 1960, la Grande-Bretagne sépare Diego Garcia et les cinquante-quatre autres îles des Chagos de la toute jeune République indépendante de Maurice. La raison secrète : offrir aux États-Unis une base militaire sur Diego Garcia, la plus grande île de l'archipel. Les Chagossiens qui y demeuraient depuis le XVIIIe siècle sont chassés brutalement de leur foyer et contraints à l'exil, au mépris des mesures internationales d'après-guerre en matière de décolonisation. Parmi eux, Liseby Élysé, une jeune mariée, enceinte de son premier enfant. Depuis cinquante ans, Liseby Élysé n'a eu de cesse de se battre pour pouvoir retourner sur son île natale. C'est ce combat que Philippe Sands retrace, en mettant en lumière les horreurs persistantes de l'impérialisme britannique, les crimes racistes dont Mme Élysé et ses compatriotes chagossiens ont été les victimes, et le long cheminement du droit international moderne pour que soit reconnu et jugé ce crime contre l'humanité.
Population transfers - Chagossians --- Chagossians - History --- Chagossians - Biography --- Deportees - British Indian Ocean Territory --- Deportees - Mauritius --- Deportees - Seychelles --- Deportation - British Indian Ocean Territory --- British Indian Ocean Territory - History - 20th century --- British Indian Ocean Territory - Colonization --- Great Britain - Colonies - Africa - History - 20th century --- Transferts de population --- Réfugiés --- Colonies britanniques --- Droit. --- Chagos (îles) --- Population transfers --- Deportation --- Déportation --- Refugees --- Self-determination, National --- Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes --- Civil rights --- Droits de l'homme --- Chagossians. --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Colonies --- History. --- Histoire --- Réfugiés --- Chagos (îles) --- Droit
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