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Let Chagossians go home, decide their future

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Charles Can Help Undo a Colonial Crime

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Rosemond Sameenaden joins other Chagos islanders outside the High Court, London, where they are fighting the UK government for the reinstatement of their homeland.
February 15, 2023 News Release

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Expulsion of Chagos Islands’ Indigenous People an Ongoing Colonial Crime

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