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UK unlawfully detained migrants on Diego Garcia, judge finds
The ruling follows a landmark hearing held in a converted chapel on the ... to cover the proceedings. Diego Garcia is part of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), an ...
The Independent22d
UK unlawfully detained migrants on Indian Ocean island, judge rules
The US has been using the area for defence purposes since 1966 and Diego Garcia is a key strategic location for military operations in the Indian Ocean. Now acting judge of the British Indian ...
Opinion: The post-imperial saga over Diego Garcia’s sovereignty
For nearly 50 years, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been a critical part of the American global ...
GlobalData on MSN3mon
UK retain Diego Garcia military base, but concede sovereignty over islands
Enduring disputed claims over Diego Garcia, an atoll within the Chagos archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean, have come to ...
Business Insider India5y
See inside Diego Garcia, a secretive US Navy base on British land at the center of a bitter tug-of-war in the Indian Ocean
On the remote tropical island of Diego Garcia, in the middle of the Indian Ocean, lies a secretive ... it occupies what was formerly a part of the British Empire - and its former owners after ...
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US blocks British court from British territory
The supreme court of British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot ... of migrants was being unlawfully detained on the island of Diego Garcia. The island hosts a secretive UK-US military base and access ...
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British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to be handed over to Mauritius
The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory ... nearly 1,000 islets, Diego Garcia being the largest ...