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Between 1965 and 1973 the former inhabitants of the Chagos archipelago in the centre of the Indian Ocean were expelled from their homeland to make way for a joint UK and US military base on the island Diego Garcia. They have ever since fought compensations and their right to return. Clement Siatous is a displaced Painter now living on the outskirts of Port Louis, Mauritius. Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Memories of Chagos, Clement Siatous. Women clearing the field on Diamon.
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Please send information of use to. The Chagos Islands - an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, halfway Africa and Indonesia. Colonised by French plantation operators, populated by slaves taken from other French island colonies in the Indian Ocean. In 1804 conquered by the British who abolished slavery. Plantations and workers however stayed. In the so-called war on terror the islands are used as a prison and torture camp under the incredible code name of Footprint of Freedom.