Expulsion of the Chagossians: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Diplomatic Cable signed by D.A. Greenhill, dated August 24, 1966.jpg|thumb|292x292px|British diplomatic communication of August 24, 1966.]]

{{Quote|Unfortunately along with the birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays|Fragment of a text from a British diplomatic communication where chagosians are racistly referred to as "Tarzans or Men Fridays"}}The '''Expulsion of the Chagossians''' was the forced expulsion of the inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia and the other islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) by the United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, beginning in 1968 and concluding on 27 April 1973 with the evacuation of Peros Banhos atoll.

{{Quote|Unfortunately along with the birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays|Fragment of a text from a British diplomatic communication where chagosians are racistly referred to as "Tarzans or Men Fridays"}}

The '''Expulsion of the Chagossians''' was the forced expulsion of the inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia and the other islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) by the United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, beginning in 1968 and concluding on 27 April 1973 with the evacuation of Peros Banhos atoll.

== Background ==

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== Videos ==

[[File:Stealing a Nation - How the UK US Stole the Diego Garcia Island|Documentary on the Expulsion of the Chagossians]]

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 [[File:Diplomatic Cable signed by D.A. Greenhill, dated August 24, 1966.jpg|thumb|292x292px|British diplomatic communication of August 24, 1966.]]
-{{Quote|Unfortunately along with the birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays|Fragment of a text from a British diplomatic communication where chagosians are racistly referred to as "Tarzans or Men Fridays"}}The '''Expulsion of the Chagossians''' was the forced expulsion of the inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia and the other islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) by the United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, beginning in 1968 and concluding on 27 April 1973 with the evacuation of Peros Banhos atoll.
+{{Quote|Unfortunately along with the birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays|Fragment of a text from a British diplomatic communication where chagosians are racistly referred to as "Tarzans or Men Fridays"}}
+The '''Expulsion of the Chagossians''' was the forced expulsion of the inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia and the other islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) by the United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, beginning in 1968 and concluding on 27 April 1973 with the evacuation of Peros Banhos atoll.
 == Background ==
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 == Videos ==
+[[File:Stealing a Nation - How the UK US Stole the Diego Garcia Island|Documentary on the Expulsion of the Chagossians]]