PRAGOTI

About 2,000 Chagos inhabitants were forced off their land and exiled by Britain in the 1960s and '70s when the UK granted permission for a US air and naval base on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago.

Diego Garcia has been used in US military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. The islanders had been fighting a legal battle in British Courts for the 'right of return'. Britain's House of Lords has denied the islanders 'right of return'.

This post brings together the news of this ruling along with three commentaries and link to a documentary.