spiralsheep: Flowers (skywardprodigal Cog Flowers)
Humph ([personal profile] spiralsheep) wrote in [community profile] ecominded_poc 2011-03-21 10:59 am (UTC)

Dear indybay: "Chagos", srsly.

The rights of indigenous people and fishing families are rarely considered in the creation of these unjust no fishing and gathering zones, whether they are installed in the Chagros Islands by the United Kingdom

Hmm, not rly. The UK Government considered very carefully how much they thought they could do and get away with (for military motivations). It's a fairly well-known story over here, for example:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1005064.stm

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