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The United Kingdom and United States governments should mark the 50th anniversary of the forced displacement of the Chagossian Indigenous people from their homeland by announcing they will provide full reparations.
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the final forced deportations of the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, so the US could establish military facilities on the largest island, Diego Garcia.
The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and United States governments and the UK’s racial persecution, and continued blocking of their return home, are crimes against humanity.