The people of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed by the British government so that the UK could take advantage weapons discounts offered by the US in exchange for leasing the island of Diego Garcia to the USA for the purposes of establishing a strategic air base in the Indian Ocean.
The lease is up in 2016 and we urge the President not to renew the lease and to add his voice to the cause of repatriating the Chagos exile community to their homeland.



