Secret imprisonment often leads to grave violations of human rights - Physicians for Human Rights

Secret imprisonment often leads to grave violations of human rights - Physicians for Human Rights

Dark history

August 03, 2008

The report regarding the location of a secret centre on the island adds to their dark history. In the 1960s and 1970s, the native population of the Chagos islands, lying about 1600 kilometres off the Indian coast, were forced away from their homes and lands by the British, and a massive US and UK base established on the principal island, Diego Garcia. The islanders have for years fought a legal battle against this ethnic cleansing and demanded they be allowed to return. Their plea has been upheld by a London Court, with the British foreign office currently involved in an appeal against the ruling, citing security interests. It is time the darkness over the Chagos archipelago that fell with the brutal evictions carried out over three decades ago, be lifted.

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