A petition has been launched on-line calling on Tony Blair and the UK government to allow the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to go home.
You can sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/chagos/petition.html
The Chagossians were removed from their home in the Indian Ocean by the UK so that they could lease the islands to the Americans and offset the cost of the Polaris Nuclear Weapon Programme in the late 1960s. Only a few are allowed to visit the graves of their families on the islands.
The Chagossians recently won a High Court action to order the UK government to let them go home. However this is currently under appeal. You can support them by signing the petition.
You can learn more about the Chagossians' struggles here.
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