A small country far away of which we know little

There's a good piece in the latest edition of Mother Jones on the fight by the Chagos islanders to return to their homeland.

For once, it seemed, the former inhabitants of the British atoll of Diego Garcia might get a break. It was the last day of June, and the Chagossians, a Kreol-speaking people named for the island chain encompassing their homeland, were packed into Britain's highest court to challenge Her Majesty's government over their expulsion.

The author is Dr. David Vine who is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the American University in Washington and you can read the fulll piece here.

Thanks to Celia at the UK Chagos Support Association for the tip on this.

Quite how Britain can look other countries in the eye when it talks about the rights of small nations and the bullying attitude of great powers while this injustice continues is astonishing.

I interviewed some Chaggossians and wrote a piece for the Big Issue in the North on this which you can Download here