Chagos Refugees Group: obancoultcrg@intnet.mu; 62 Cassis Road, Port Louis, Mauritius
UK Chagos Support Association: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk
The UK Chagos Support Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the Chagossians. The group’s website includes updates about the Chagossians’ lawsuits, recent news coverage, history and photographs, ways for concerned individuals to get involved, and links to many other relevant websites.
Stealing a Nation: A Special Report by John Pilger
This is a 56-minute documentary film about the Chagossians and Diego Garcia by award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger. See http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/steal.html. The film is also available for free on Google Video and YouTube.
U.K. Lawsuits
The web addresses below link to U.K. court rulings, including the Chagossians’ three victories (2000, 2006, 2007) and their compensation case defeat (2003).
2000: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2000/413.html
2003: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2003/2222.html
2006: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2006/1038.html
2007: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/498.html
U.S. Lawsuit: Bancoult et al. v. McNamara et al.
The following web page, created by Charles Judson Harwood Jr., provides links to most of the court filings and decisions in the case, as well as links to information about some of the defendants and lawyers, legal analysis, the U.K. cases, and media coverage. See: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/bancoult-docket.html
U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia: http://www.dg.navy.mil/web
This is the official base website.
GlobalSecurity.org: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/diego-garcia.htm
This site provides independent information and analysis about the base on Diego Garcia, including extensive satellite and other photographic imagery. http://www.globalsecurity.org also offers information about other U.S. bases globally.
“Department of Defense Base Structure Report Fiscal Year 2007”
The Base Structure Report provides the DOD’s official yearly accounting of U.S. military installations globally. Note that the report omits numerous well-known bases, including all those in Iraq and Afghanistan. Subsequent years’ reports should be available online after this book has been published. For the 2007 report, see: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/BSR_2007_Baseline.pdf
No Bases (International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases)
Interactive Google Earth map of the world’s foreign bases created by the Transnational Institute:
See: http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?act_id=17252
“Outposts of Empire: The Case against Foreign Military Bases” (Transnational Institute, March 2007)
This booklet, available at the web address below, is a primer on the harmful effects of foreign military bases and a resource for the global anti-bases movement. See: http://www.tni.org/detail_pub.phtml?&know_id=60&menu=11e