Finally, the UK will pay Mauritius £40 million as one-off payment for a 'trust fund' for Chagossians. This does not look like compensation for the harm done to them. Have Chagossians been consulted? Where does this figure come from? And who will ensure it reaches all Chagossians?

Art 6 is headed 'resettlement of Chagossians' . As a result some Chagossians may return to live in their homeland after 50 years. But there is no acknowledgement of all Chagossians' RIGHT of return. Who will pay to rebuild the islands? The UK owes this as reparations.

The preamble speaks of “wrongs of the past” and commits to the welfare of all Chagossians. But it does not acknowledge that these wrongs are crimes. And crimes of the present - the Chagossians are still displaced. It expresses mere “regret”, not responsibility.

Justice demands more than regret.

The UK-Mauritius Chagos deal is public. Will it end the colonial crime of the UK/US forced displacement of the Chagossian people, and provide them with the reparations they are owed ?Here's a look at some issues.

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In a new report @hrw.org documents how Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water for over a year, thus committing the crime against humanity of extermination and acts of genocide.

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An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon that killed three journalists and injured others was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians. Israeli forces used a US-produced guidance kit, another reason why US government should suspend weapons transfers to Israel.

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Janet Anderson at JusticeInfo writes on whether the new Uk-Mauritius treaty about Chagos will actually address the ongoing crimes committed by the UK against the Chagossians -forced displacement, racial persecution and prevention of return.

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“The ICC arrest warrants ... break through the perception that certain individuals are beyond the reach of the law,” said Balkees Jarrah, at Human Rights Watch. “This is all the more important given the brazen attempts to obstruct the course of justice at the court"

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ICC judges issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif).

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