Philippe Sands on Britain’s Last Colony
The Lawfare Podcast
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What Happened to Diego Garcia?
British Foreign Secretary David Milliband wanted to clean up Britain's image around Diego Garcia. He came up with the idea of creating a marine protected area around the entire Chagos Archipelago, except allowing human activity around the military base on Diego Garcia. But apart from that, all human activity would be banned. That was celebrated by the environmental organisations and NGOs including many in America,. Pew Foundation, in particular leading the way. The release of WikiLeaks documents led Mauritius to look for legal counsel to help design a strategy to recover the islands.
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