‘a new high-speed undersea internet cable to #DiegoGarcia… in the #IndianOcean… where China has expanded its naval influence’

It's a bit extreme to call #DiegoGarcia, a 'tropical island hell'.

I doubt the facility #refugees are held in is pleasant but with a different history it could have been paradise on earth.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65777863

@jwildeboer also the #ICC ordered #UK to return the island to it's inhabitants and according to #Wikileaks-published #cables the UK gov tried to prevent that by making the Chagos Islands a nature reserve.

Not to mention that #DiegoGarcia is a literal #BlackSite for #FoecedDisappearance by the #US gov.

I’ve made several trips to NSFDG but never got the shirt, so I made one! #nsfdg #diegogarcia #biot

https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=_tvQ4DUZcOw

#DiegoGarcía #migrants #asylumseekers lives at risk

https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=_tvQ4DUZcOw

#DiegoGarcía #migrants lives at risk

“Inexcusably Inhuman Wrongs”: US, UK Must Deliver Long Overdue Justice at #DiegoGarcia: https://www.justsecurity.org/85592/inexcusably-inhuman-wrongs-us-uk-must-deliver-long-overdue-justice-at-diego-garcia/ by David Vine at #JustSecurity #deportation #military #HRW #refugees #RightOfReturn #USA #UK

#Franceonthebrink #UkraineWar #DiegoGarcia
T.O. 86: France General Strike Now! – “Not One Penny” Part 2 – Ukraine War Escalation – U.S. Bases Out of Diego García! (LALIT) – Socialist Organizer
https://socialistorganizer.org/2023/03/16/t-o-86-france-general-strike-now-not-one-penny-part-2-ukraine-war-escalation-u-s-bases-out-of-diego-garcia-lalit/

Jennifer Lawrence in Causeway (2022) per la regia di Lila Neugebauer
#film #movie #cinema #cinefilo #LilaNeugebauer #JenniferLawrence #DiegoGarcia #Causeway

https://www.spoileralert.eu/2023/02/23/causeway/1877/

"The UK should pay full and unconditional reparations to generations affected by its forcible displacement of Chagos Islands inhabitants in the 1960s and 70s, an action that constituted a crime against humanity, Human Rights Watch has said.

"The NGO said that individuals should be put on trial for the expulsion of Chagossians when the UK retained possession of what it refers to as British Indian Ocean Territory, or BIOT, after Mauritius gained independence in 1968.

"Forced deportations were carried out so that the largest island, Diego Garcia, could be leased to the US to use as an airbase. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says this was a crime against humanity by both the UK and its transatlantic ally."

#Chagos #ChagosIslands #DiegoGarcia
#HumanRightsWatch
#Colonialism #Mauritius #UKpol #USpol

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/chagos-islanders-full-reparations-exile-colonial-crime-human-rights-watch-trial

Earlier thread:
https://aus.social/@jimrhiz/109663566576910905

"Bernadette Dugasse, who was born on Diego Garcia, an island within what is known today as the British Indian Ocean Territory, is seeking judicial review of the government’s approach to the talks … with the support of other former inhabitants and their descendants … “so that the former residents and their families are properly consulted with respect of the negotiations on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands”."

#Chagos #ChagosIslands #DiegoGarcia #Colonialism #Mauritius #UKpol

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/09/negotiations-chagos-islands-sovereignty-legal-challenge-talks-uk-mauritius

Talks between the Mauritian and British governments are expected to lead to the return of inhabitants of the Chagos archipelago who were forcibly displaced by Britain in the 1960s and 1970s to facilitate the US military base on Diego Garcia.

However, Rosy Leveque of the Chagos Islanders lobby group said, "I feel that history is repeating itself – the same two states who treated my family like cargo are once again negotiating our community’s future without the involvement of the actual community itself…"

#Chagos #ChagosIslands #DiegoGarcia #Colonialism #Mauritius #UKpol

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/02/chagos-islanders-demand-say-as-uk-mauritius-sovereignty-talks-begin

The Cruel, Dishonest and Shameful Story of Britain’s Last Colony may be Coming to an End - CounterPunch.org
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/05/the-cruel-dishonest-and-shameful-story-of-britains-last-colony-may-be-coming-to-an-end/

I am not optimistic about this... time will tell.

#Chagos #Mauritius #DiegoGarcia #Colonialism #UK

US Navy sends a message to adversaries with a rare submarine port visit in Indian Ocean

#USNavy #IndianOcean #DiegoGarcia
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/politics/us-navy-submarine-port-visit-indian-ocean/index.html

Die Medien-Dauerpräsenz der "von Russland völkerrechtswidrig annektierten Krim" hat mich neugierig gemacht auf ähnlich gelagerte Fälle:

Wie wurde #Hawaii zum US-Bundesstaat?

Warum sind die #Malvinas Teil des UK?

Wieso mußte #Hongkong erst noch an China zurückgegeben werden?

Warum ist #Taiwan US-Territorium, irgendwie?

Wie kamen die USA zu ihrer größten Basis in Europa im #Kosovo?

Auf welchen völkerrechtlichen Grundlagen entstand der Staat #Israel aus privatem Landbesitz?

Und #DiegoGarcia?

#BikiniistkeineBademode
#DiegoGarcia

Wo man auch hinguckt, überall werden Inseln annektiert, entvölkert und verschachert.

>"1965 gliederte Großbritannien die Insel aus der Verwaltung von Mauritius aus, damit Diego Garcia bei der bevorstehenden Unabhängigkeit von Mauritius im Jahre 1968 bei Großbritannien verbleiben konnte. Die Insel wurde danach von Großbritannien für 50 Jahre an die USA verpachtet."

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia?wprov=sfla1

We are fighting for #BLM but we cannot see that #colonisation is not finished. Call #UK to return occupied lands.
Return #ChagosIslands and kick out #USA from #DiegoGarcia island.

#decolonisation

“British agents, with the help of Navy Seabees, quickly rounded up the islanders’ pet dogs, gassing and burning them in sealed cargo sheds. They ordered … the remaining Chagossians onto overcrowded cargo ships." #Chagos #DiegoGarcia https://t.co/x1JURoHmzy

“British agents, with the help of Navy Seabees, quickly rounded up the islanders’ pet dogs, gassing and burning them in sealed cargo sheds. They ordered … the remaining Chagossians onto overcrowded cargo ships." #Chagos #DiegoGarcia https://t.co/x1JURoHmzy

“British agents, with the help of Navy Seabees, quickly rounded up the islanders’ pet dogs, gassing and burning them in sealed cargo sheds. They ordered … the remaining Chagossians onto overcrowded cargo ships." #Chagos #DiegoGarcia https://t.co/x1JURoHmzy