Friday, May 25, 2007

Chagos Natives Win Court Ruling to Return Home

(From Democracy Now!'s headlines for 5/27/07)
...natives of the Chagos Islands in the Indian ocean have won a new legal victory in their long-term battle to return home. British forces expelled the islanders 40 years ago to make way for a US military base at the archipelago’s largest island, Diego Garcia. The base has been used to launch bombing missions on Iraq and Afghanistan. This week a British court criticized the British government’s “abuse of power” and ruled Chagos inhabitants should be allowed to return to every island except Diego Garcia. The U.S. has long campaigned to deny inhabitants the right to return to any of the sixty-five islands.

Me: Don't you just love how we abuse and bully those who are weaker than us? This is OUTRAGEOUS and you will never hear about it on the news. I'm thrilled that these people finally got some measure of justice.

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