Thread by @davidsvine

US govt reply to @HRW report showing US crimes against humanity in exiling #Chagossians during creation US base @ Diego Garcia is an outrage. @StateDept "acknowledges the challenges faced by Chagossian communities"? Biden admin must acknowledge US responsibility for the exile.🧵

@StateDept @StateDeptPM is passing buck of responsibility for forcibly displacing #Chagossians to the UK as US govts have for decades. Let's be clear:

1. US govt came up w/ idea for base @ Diego Garcia

2. Insisted on Chagossian removal

3. Paid UK $14m for removal + base
2/5

4. Proposed UK separate Chagos islands to create British Indian Ocean Territory violating @UN decolonization rules

5. Ordered final deportation of #Chagossians from Diego Garcia + prevented resettlement planning

6. Ordered, + assisted killing Chagossians’ pet dogs 3/5

7. Refused British + Mauritian requests for Chagossians to work on base

8. Conspired w UK govt to hide development of the base + expulsion of Chagossians from the UN + world
4/5

9. Lied to UN w/ UK that Chagossians not indigenous to avoid right to self-determination

10. Covered up US's fundamentally racist crimes + perpetuated exile w/ repeated lies to Congress, media, world 1960s to today.

Citations/documentation: see my book "Island of Shame"
5/5

Here is the @HRW Human Rights Watch report hrw.org/node/384018