High Court Judge temporarily bans UK from completing deal to hand over Chagos Islands
- A High Court judge temporarily halted the UK government’s plan to sign sovereignty of the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius on May 22, 2025.
- The pause followed a late legal challenge by Bertrice Pompe, a Chagossian claimant opposing the treaty amid concerns over the islands’ governance and rights.
- The UK government aimed to comply with an International Court of Justice ruling that affirmed Mauritius’s sovereignty while retaining a lease for the Diego Garcia military base.
- Judge Sir Julian Goose paused the signing at 3 a.m. After a five-hour hearing, possibly marking the first legal suspension of a treaty signing, with a follow-up hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
- The interruption risks delaying the handover and raises questions about military arrangements and the rights of displaced Chagossians, who continue to protest the treaty.
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ThePatriotLight - A High Court judge made a dramatic eleventh-hour intervention to prevent the United Kingdom giving away its strategically vital territory in the Indian Ocean, islands which contain a major U.S. airbase. Prime Minister Keir Starmer had been due to sign over the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of around 1,000 volcanic islands, including Diego Garcia, which is home to a U.S. Air Bas…
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