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Capital: Diego Garcia (military base; territory administered from London)Population: No permanent civilian population , ~3,000 US/UK military personnel and contractors reside on Diego GarciaFounded: 1965 (established as a separate UK overseas territory, carved from Mauritius and Seychelles)Region: AfricaLanguages: enCurrency: US Dollar and Pound Sterling (both circulate on the base)

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Notable people from British Indian Ocean Territory

Olivier Bancoult

Chagossian Activist and Chair of the Chagos Refugees Group

He is the leading figure of the Chagossian right-of-return movement and long-serving chair of the Chagos Refugees Group.

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Rita Elysée Bancoult

Chagossian Elder and Co-Founder of the Chagos Refugees Group

She co-founded the Chagos Refugees Group in 1982 and her testimony became one of the earliest documented first-hand accounts of the Chagossian expulsion.

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Chagossian Activist and ICJ Witness

Her 2018 testimony before the International Court of Justice became a defining moment in the international legal case over the Chagos Archipelago.

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Chagossian Activist and Chair of the Chagos Refugees Group UK

She leads the UK branch of the Chagos Refugees Group and is a prominent voice of the Chagossian diaspora born in exile.

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Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker

He wrote and presented the 2004 documentary "Stealing a Nation," which brought international attention to the expulsion of the Chagossian people from the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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International Lawyer and Author

He represented Mauritius before the International Court of Justice in the Chagos sovereignty case and authored "The Last Colony," the definitive account of the legal battle over the territory.

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Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate

Chagossian Activist and Co-Founder of the Chagos Refugees Group

She co-founded the Chagos Refugees Group in 1982 and led decades of hunger strikes and legal campaigns for the Chagossian right of return.

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Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf

President of the International Court of Justice

As President of the International Court of Justice, he delivered the 2019 advisory opinion finding UK administration of the Chagos Archipelago unlawful.

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UK Foreign Secretary

As UK Foreign Secretary he led the negotiations that produced the UK-Mauritius agreement on the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago.

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Pravind Jugnauth

Former Prime Minister of Mauritius

As Prime Minister of Mauritius he led the country's international legal campaign that produced the 2019 ICJ advisory opinion on the Chagos Archipelago.

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Louis Marcel Humbert

Chagossian Exile

His firsthand childhood account of the moment the Chagos expulsion began was recorded by Human Rights Watch as part of its 2023 report on the displacement.

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Senior Legal Advisor, Human Rights Watch

He was the lead author of Human Rights Watch's 2023 report documenting the UK and US forced displacement of the Chagossian people.

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Frankie Bontemps

Chagossian Activist, Chagossian Voices

As a Chagossian Voices activist, his testimony on the human cost of the UK-Mauritius Chagos deal was reported by international press in December 2024.

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Chagossian Activist

She is a prominent UK-based Chagossian voice who publicly challenged the exclusion of Chagossians from the 2024-2025 UK-Mauritius sovereignty negotiations.

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Navin Ramgoolam

Prime Minister of Mauritius

As Prime Minister of Mauritius he signed the 2025 treaty securing Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.

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