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Uncle Joe

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Tue Oct 3, 2023, 01:44 PM Oct 2023

"Crime Against Humanity": Exiled from Diego Garcia for U.S. Military Base, Residents Demand Return



Over 50 years since the United States forced them out in order to build a military base on the island of Diego Garcia, exiled residents of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean continue to pressure Britain and the U.S. to pay reparations and apologize for expelling residents. We speak with prominent Chagossian activist Olivier Bancoult, who is visiting the United States to meet with lawmakers and State Department officials. The U.S. is "fully responsible for what happened to our people," says Bacoult. "We want the Biden administration to apologize and to make reparation for what they did wrong to our people." Located halfway between Africa and Indonesia and about 1,000 miles south of India, the military base on Diego Garcia played a key role in the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. "This is a crime against humanity," says author of _Base Nation_ David Vine, who adds that there are more than 20 cases of the U.S. displacing local populations for military bases. "The Chagossians are not alone."
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