The UN Against the Chagos Deal: British Press Raises Serious Concerns

On December 8 and 9, several British media outlets extensively covered the warning from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), a United Nations body, which called on London and Port Louis to suspend the ratification of the agreement signed last May regarding the Chagos Archipelago.

The newspapers and news channels highlighted a serious observation: the treaty, in its current form, would violate the rights of the Chagossian people. According to the ...