Events (31)

• April 21, 1969: British Leaders Agree to Mislead UN over Diego Garcia Resettlement 1969-04-21
• April 26, 1969: British Prime Minister Approves Misleading of UN over Diego Garcia 1969-04-26
• January 24, 1971: Britain Says Diego Garcia Will Be Closed in July 1971-01-24
• July 27, 1971-May 26, 1973: British Forcibly Remove Chagossians from Their Homes 1971-07-27
• September 4, 1972: US Pays Mauritius for Chagossian Resettlement 1972-09-04
• June 21, 2000: State Department Says Return of Chagos Islanders Would ‘Significantly Degrade’ Base’s Importance 2000-06-21
• November 3, 2000: British Court Rules Removal of Chagos Islanders Illegal 2000-11-03
• December 20, 2001: Chagossians File Class Action against US over Relocation 2001-12-20
• October 9, 2003: British Court Rules Chagos Islanders Cannot Claim Right to Return Home from Britain 2003-10-09
• May 11, 2006: British High Court Rules in Favor of Chagossians 2006-05-11
• May 23, 2007: Appeals Court Rules in Chagossians’ Favor 2007-05-23
• 1963-1965: US Asks Britain to Give It Diego Garcia as Naval Base
• Early November 1965: Britain Insists it Will Retain Chagos Archipelago after Independence of Mauritius
• 1965: British Minister Says Eviction of Inhabitants from Diego Garcia Must Be ‘Fait Accompli’
• November 1965: Telegram Shows Britain, US Are Aware Diego Garcia Has Permanent Inhabitants
• 1965: Governor of Seychelles Says US Has Made Depopulation of Chagos Islands ‘Virtually a Condition’
• January 1966: Britain Discusses Converting Chagos Islanders into ‘Short-Term, Temporary Residents’
• August 1966: Senior British Officials Discuss ‘Population Problem’ on Diego Garcia
• (1966): British Official Suggest Reclassifying Chagos Islanders as ‘Floating Population’
• 1967- 1968: Chagos Islanders Stranded in Mauritius
• 1968: British Foreign Secretary Admits Indigenous Population on Chagos Islands
• April 1969: British Government Approves Plans for Evacuation of Chagos Islands
• 1971: Britain Denies Chagos Islanders Right to Return
• After 1971: US Bans Use of Former Inhabitants as Workers at Diego Garcia Base
• After 1971: US Prevents Chagos Islanders from Visiting Family Graves
• 1977-1978: Mauritius Pays Out Resettlement Compensation to Chagossians, but Amounts Affected by Inflation
• 1983: Chagossians Forced to Give up Right to Go Home in Return for Compensation
• December 2000: US Denies Chagos Islanders Permission to Use Diego Garcia Airstrip
• August 2002: US, Britain Deny Chagos Islanders Permission to Return Home
• June 2004: British Order in Council Prohibits Return of Chagos Islanders
• (March 1975): Chagossians Ask Britain For Help in Securing Plots of Land in Mauritania