RE: Liar Miliband5 Feb 2025 19:36
Hi sectorbreakdown,
The Chagos "deal" is an absolute disgrace.
No sane Chagossian presently residing in the UK would want to be under the rule of Mauritius. Their Gov are corrupt and responsible for a plethora of human rights abuses.
"Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment by the government; arbitrary arrest; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; serious restrictions on free expression and media, including censorship; serious government corruption; lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence; and crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
The government did not always take steps to prosecute and punish officials who committed abuses or engaged in corruption, whether in the security services or elsewhere in the government. Enforcement of prosecution and punishment was inconsistent and sometimes politically influenced, resulting in impunity."
Furthermore, the islands are home to one of the last remaining areas considered a true marine wilderness in the world. A status preserved thanks entirely to British control of the area. It's like the Amazon jungle on steroids, the abundance of marine wildlife acts as feeder stock for the surrounding ocean, and is home to many critically endangered species.
It is strategically unparalleled in importance as a military base, some officials in the States have termed it the most important strip of land on the earth.
Mauritius are presently developing closer ties with both China and Iran.