London, May 23, 2025 (AFP) - UK's Chagos Islands deal risks entrenching exile of some islanders: rights group

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2025-05-23

Human Rights Watch said on Friday the UK government's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius could "entrench" the exile of Chagossians from the archipelago's biggest island. While the agreement "may result in some Chagossians returning to some islands... it also appears to entrench their exile from Diego Garcia, the largest island," said Clive Baldwin of the New York-based rights group. The group described the forcible displacement of......

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