STOP PRES: Amerikin Bar Ziz Britanik depi Chagos
11.07.2024
Avek sa nuvel ki nu pu partaze avek nu lekter an detay zordi, nu dan LALIT dir asterla vreman ler finn vini pu Premye Minis Pravind Jugnauth dir Prezidan Biden bizin ferm so baz lor Diego Garcia, is kales, ale net, ansam avek so nuvo Premye Minis Britanik Starmer, kit Chagos pu de-bon.
Dan LALIT, nu swiv sa dosye la depi 1976, vini-mem, e zame nu pa finn larg li, zame nu pa pu larg li.
Seki nu finn kone sa semenn la, le 9 ek 10 Ziyet, li enn nuvo kran pli grav ankor. Ala nu explike.
Avantyer nu tann dir, Minister Defans Amerikin, setadir Pentagon, finn kareman blok akse Ziz Lakur Siprem Britanik pu al syeze dan Chagos pu ekut enn ka grav. Li inkrwayab, me li vre. Laba enn lekip Avoka Britanik, Leigh Day ek lezot avoka, finn met enn ka lor nom enn gran grup prizonye Tamil Sri Lanka, inklir 16 zanfan ki, zot tu, zot o-zare lor Diego depi 3 Oktob 2021, apre ki zot bato finn anpann pre laba. (LALIT deza ena lartik lor nu sayt lor la dan seksyon nyuz.)
Avantyer, nu finn gayn prev ki Amerikin pe fer enn zar lokipasyon militer lor Diego Garcia ki pe gard Chagos, sirtu Diego, kuma enn “tru nwar” (an Angle Black Hole site), setadir enn teritwar kot pena okenn regar demokratik par okenn lepep. Asterla, Pentagonn finn met zidisyer Britanik deor!
Avantyer, Amerikin finn anpes Zidisyer Angle aplik so kontrol zidisyer lor Chagos!
Nu repet li. Li inkrwayab, me vre.
Avantyer, Pentagonn finn kareman anpes Ziz Lakur Siprem Gran Bretayn, enn pei ki pretann li ena zirisdiksyon, al fer enn prose zidisyer lor Chagos. Li pa zis enn ka “lokater, li vinn proprieter”, me plito “resever ilegal (USA), li finn vinn proprieter seki voler (UK) finn kokin.” Kanta voler la, Gran Bretayn, li fini imilye net. Sa sifon desire apel “Rule of Law”, Lamerik fini zet li dan desbinn. Zot finn kareman anpes Ziz Britanik anbarke lor avyon al Diego.
Alor, samem Joe Biden ki ansarz enn zenosid ki so pyon Netanyahu pe perpetre, mem si Biden mank lisidite sifizan pu kone ki li pe fer, li pe kareman flank enn interdiksyon total lor zidisyer (mem enn sifon desire kuma enn Lakur BIOT) fonksyone. E Biden pe fer sa divan lizye lemond, kuma nu pu montre dan Briefing Lapres anba.
Zurnalis mondyal finn kumans truve. Sifon desire “Rule of Law” ki li ti pe servi pu kuyonn lizye lepep Amerikin kumkwa BIOT reprezant Rule of Law dan Chagos, li fini zete dan pubel listwar. Kan Lamerik ek Britanik rod konturn lalwa internasyonal, ranplas li ar sipaki “Rules-based economic order”, kuma zot apel li, ala-la. Ala seki li ete. USA fer seki li ule. Sa-mem “rules” la. Li ena zis pu bar ziz al ziz enn prose. Fasil!
Nu, dan LALIT, depi lontan pe dekrir Diego Garcia kuma enn plas ki USA finn konverti an enn tru nwar. Zordi nu gayn rezon dir sa. Zordi li expoze o-kler. Lakur ICJ, li osi, li ena rezon so Lopinyon ki oblize return totalite Chagos a Repiblik Moris. Lasanble Zeneral UN, li osi, li ena rezon. Angle, ek so baz Amerikin ilegal ki li finn sutire lor Chagos, bizin lev pake, ale. Lepep Moris pa kapav kontiyne negosye ar enn tel lalyans USA-UK. Leta Moris fini gayne dan lakur lazistis e dan domenn zeo-politik. Nu bizin fer nu viktwar vinn enn verite – kot nu Repiblik re-inifye, e tu Chagosyin lib pu sirkile, kuma tu Morisyin, dan totalite pei la net. Li sinp. Li pran zis kuraz ek perseverans, anplas al kurbe, donn perdi sak ler.
Pu nu lekter, nu ena plezir pibliye antye Kominike 10 Ziyet tire par lekip avoka Leigh Day (ar lekel nu finn deza ena enn konversasyon telefonik lor kestyon Diego Garcia dan lepase) pu kone ki finn arive sa semenn la:
Tit: “Lawyers for asylum seekers stranded in British Indian Ocean Territory ask for David Lammy's urgent intervention to avoid row with US Government
“Human rights lawyers have written to new Foreign Secretary David Lammy to ask him to urgently consider the plight of a group of Tamil asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), and to intervene in a diplomatic row with the US.
“The BIOT Supreme Court was due to sit in Diego Garcia this week to hear a judicial review claim that the group is being unlawfully detained on the island, which is used by the US as a military base.
“The hearing was abandoned just hours before the judge and the lawyers were due to board a flight to the island, after US government officials informed the BIOT Administration and Foreign Office that Acting Judge Margaret Obi and her party, including lawyers from Leigh Day and Duncan Lewis, would not be given transport, accommodation or food on Diego Garcia.
“Now Leigh Day, Duncan Lewis and Wilson, who together represent the Tamil asylum seekers stranded on the island, have written jointly to Mr Lammy who is currently in Washington for the NATO Summit on his first official trip overseas as British Foreign Secretary.
“They ask him to act urgently to avoid the potential for a diplomatic row between the UK and US governments over the refusal by the US to accommodate a British judge to access British territory.
“They say the UK Government must ensure that the US Government allows the British Court to conduct its site visit.
“They outline the plight of the asylum seekers, including 16 children, who have been detained in inhumane conditions for more than 1,000 days. They arrived on Diego Garcia on 3 October 2021 after they were rescued by two Royal Naval ships when their vessel fell into trouble in the Indian Ocean and now allege they have been unlawfully detained since then by the BIOT Commissioner.
“The letter explains that the lawyers believe the BIOT Commissioner is being obstructive and breaching his duty to be open and honest in his dealings with the asylum seekers’ legal team.
It says that in light of intense media coverage around the issue, former Foreign Secretary Liz Truss considered the only option to be to move the asylum seekers to the UK. Instead the previous government authorised spending £39m per annum, around 750k per migrant per year, £108,000 a day, to keep the Tamil group indefinitely detained in the BIOT.
“The lawyers are clear that they understand the concern to avoid creating a migrant route in the Indian Ocean, but understand former Foreign Secretary David Cameron had negotiated solutions on migrant routes with Mauritius. As the BIOT is to be handed over to Mauritius at some point, there would be no route created to the UK through those islands.
“The group’s lawyers say the only long-term viable option is for the asylum seekers to be relocated to the UK. The group cannot be returned to Sri Lanka because all individuals have outstanding claims for international protection, apart from one, who the Commissioner accepts cannot be returned to Sri Lanka as it would constitute refoulement, in breach of international law. The other members of the group argue that their forcible return to Sri Lanka would breach the principle of non-refoulement.
“After the Diego Garcia hearing was called off, on Tuesday 9 July 2024 a virtual case management conference was held in which Ms Justice Obi directed the British Commissioner to inform her by 15 July whether the US Government will allow the Court to visit Diego Garcia in the week 22 July, so that she can conduct a site visit to the asylum seekers’ camp, a 100m x 140m compound in Thunder Cove where the asylum seekers are currently stuck in limbo.
“Ms Justice Obi agreed to hold the judicial review hearing on Diego Garcia so that the Court could conduct a fact-finding site visit to examine whether the asylum seekers are detained and whether there exists on the island other options allowing greater freedom. The court planned to examine the detention facility and the civilian facilities available on the island. Ms Justice Obi also considered it necessary for the hearing to take place on the island so that the asylum seekers could take part in person.
“The hearing would have been the first time the asylum seekers would have met their legal representatives in person.
“The presence of the asylum seekers is straining international relations between the UK and the US. The migrants have already been granted bail by the British Court (at a hearing in London) and are free to walk around parts of the island at specified times. The US Government has apparently suggested this poses a threat to the security of its military base, but no detail has been provided and these fears are doubted in circumstances where other civilians – including cheerleaders, celebrity chefs, BIOT civil servants and visiting environmental scientists – are permitted to access a wide range of US facilities on the island.”
Avwe Tom Short dan firm Leigh Day finn dir:
“That the British Indian Ocean Territory Supreme Court has been prevented from sitting in its own territory on Crown land by its rental tenant the United States, is an extraordinary affront to the rule of law. The Supreme Court of the BIOT has previously held that “There cannot be any concept of ‘lesser justice’ in the BIOT”. It is apparent from the United States’ boycott of this hearing, that there is indeed “lesser justice” in the BIOT.
“We have today written to the new Foreign Secretary David Lammy to do everything in his power to restore order and the rule of law to the BIOT as soon as possible. We understand that on the US side the matter currently lies with the Pentagon. We trust that Foreign Secretary will raise this with the UK’s NATO allies in Washington today to ensure swift resolution of this outrageous unseating of the Court of the BIOT.”
Avwe Simon Robinson dan firm Duncan Lewis finn dir:
“The US Government has prevented the judicial branch of the British Indian Ocean Territory Government from entering the British Indian Ocean Territory. Last week, on 4 July, the day on which the US celebrates its declaration of the “self-evident” truth that all people are created equal, with unalienable rights, including, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.
“In the same week, the US Government prevented our clients from enforcing their right to liberty, by blocking the Court from hearing their claims for unlawful detention. They remain detained, as they have been for more than 1,000 days, in rat-infested tents, behind a wire fence, in a camp the size of a football pitch.
“Our clients are being detained by the British Indian Ocean Territory Government, apparently at the behest of the US Government. This is costing the UK taxpayer £108,000 per day. We hope that the new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, will swiftly resolve this issue, which is burdening the UK taxpayer, straining international relations and harming the men, women and children who are being detained in this rat-infested camp.
“We trust that the US Government will now allow the British Court to visit Diego Garcia in the week of 22 July 2024 for the site visit that the Court has ordered.”
Avwe Adam Spray dan firm Wilson Solicitors finn dir:
“It is devastating news for those detained on Diego Garcia that their long awaited day in court has been pushed back yet further. The denial of their access to justice is unconscionable and exacerbated by the miserable conditions in which they are held.
“It is our hope that we and the Court are allowed access to the island as soon as is possible, so that this matter can be resolved and the rule of law can prevail.”
Avan nu vinn lor seki finn arive dan Press Briefing dan Departman Deta USA ek dan Pentagonn, enpe bakgrawn pu lekter.
Lepok kan Angle kokin Chagos depi Moris pandan kolonizasyon, an 1965, li finn anmemtan kree enn antite ilegal, enn nuvo koloni apel “British Indian Ocean Territory” (BIOT) ar Chagos ek inpe Lil kokin depi so lot koloni, Sesel. Nasyon Zini finn dekret sa ilegal depi sa lepok la mem. Me, Angle finn al delavan, met so Leta Sivil, so zidisyer, tu so fasad enn guvernman Chagos dibut lor Diego Garcia, e li finn lwe Diego Garcia pu enn baz militer Amerikin. Sistem baz militer USA partu dan lemond finn ranplas sistem kolonyal Oksidantal, amizir dekolonize. Akoz long, long batay politik pandan 60 an, e osi batay legal pandan 25 an, Lakur Internasyonal finn dekret lokipasyon Britanik lor Chagos ilegal.
Depi kumansman sa baz Amerikin lor teritwar ki Britanik inn kokin la, li enn katastrof pu limanite: li antrav prosesis legal pu dekolonizasyon, li lakoz derasinnman forse dan kondisyon esklavazist totalite popilasyon Morisyin ki ti viv Chagos, li enn danze pu lape mondyal, li finn servi pu B-52 dekole, al bombard sivil dan Lirak ek Afganistann, li finn servi pu tortir prizonye ki finn kokin depi lezot pei, li polye lamer ek later Chagos, li antrav Trete Pelindaba pu enn Lafrik San Zarm Nikleer, li andeor tu regar demokratik lepep ki responsab pu li (setadir lepep Moris), e asterla sa li finn expoze. Li enn sinema inperyalist USA-UK avek zot BIOT, e avek zot Lakur Kanngaru, swa Lakur Pa Ditu.
Pwin ki LALIT tultan nu fer se Diego Garcia anplis de so ilegalite divan lalwa internasyonal, so danze militer-nikleer, Repiblik Moris pena okenn kontrol lor tu lezot vyolasyon drwa imin ki ena laba.
Press Briefing: Laont pu Matthew Miller
Get Repons Mattew Miller portparol State Department USA dan presbrifing le 9 Ziyet 2024 lor sa kestyon la. Li pa futi kone ki li pu reponn
[Linnk: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-july-9-2024/]
MR MILLER: Tom, go ahead.
QUESTION: I wanted to ask you about a story that BBC is reporting today about Diego Garcia, which is that the U.S. Government has blocked a legal hearing on Diego Garcia which was due to be attended by a British judge, British lawyers, the migrants who are trapped on the island as – who describe themselves as being held in prison-like conditions, and also BBC journalists stopped effectively by the U.S. from traveling there. Do you have any comment on that?
MR MILLER: So, I did see that story. I looked into it, and I would refer you to the Pentagon for comment. It’s entirely a matter before the Pentagon, not the State Department.
QUESTION: Well, I mean, it’s thoroughly our – it’s our understanding in the reporting of this in depth for a long time that there is State Department involvement in this process.
MR MILLER: So, I can tell you that I inquired about this before coming out to the briefing, and it is a Pentagon facility, it is a Pentagon matter. The State Department often has some coordinating role, but the – it is predominantly, if not exclusively a Pentagon matter, so I’d refer you to them for comment. They do have a briefing this afternoon, so I would —
QUESTION: Okay. And could you say anything about security reasons which are being quoted? And if not, does the U.S. have anything to hide on Diego Garcia?
MR MILLER: I will not say anything about security reasons because that is a matter administered by the Pentagon. So it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to do so. It’s not something I know about, but it’s certainly something they can speak to more appropriately than me.
QUESTION: Do you have anything to hide on Diego Garcia?
MR MILLER: No, but I appreciate when I tell you that I can’t speak to a matter that has nothing to do with my department, you continue to ask me – ([Miller’s] laughter) – you ask me —
QUESTION: Well, I mean, as I say, it is all in the —
MR MILLER: Look, stop, hold on. Just – there’s – there are – I’m not saying none of these are legitimate questions, but when you ask me —
QUESTION: You even conceded —
MR MILLER: When you ask me a question like that –
QUESTION: — that the State Department has a role.
MR MILLER: — that you know I have nothing to say when it is a matter of because —
QUESTION: But you just said the State Department —
MR MILLER: Hold on. It’s like coming and asking and me about something the Agriculture Department did, and saying do I have anything to hide. No, but I don’t have anything to say about it because it’s not a State Department matter. It’s a Defense Department matter. So, I would encourage you —
QUESTION: Okay. It’s just that you —
MR MILLER: I would encourage you to go to their briefing and ask them questions about it. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Okay. It’s only you did concede in the answer that the State Department, in your words, may have a “coordinating role.” So —
MR MILLER: Some small coordinating role. It is largely, predominantly, if not exclusively, other than some small role that we often play as diplomats, a Department of Defense matter. So, I would defer you – I would defer to them.
QUESTION: Actually – more broadly on the whole Chagos island situation with the islanders, the State Department does play a major role in it because there is a diplomatic thing. There’s a dispute going on between the Brits and Mauritius who – and the islanders. And you guys have taken a position. Do you have any guidance on what – on whether that position has changed or not?
MR MILLER: I do not —
QUESTION: In the past it has been this is an issue for those – for them to work out amongst themselves.
MR MILLER: I do not have any update on that question.
QUESTION: I mean, on the issue of these dozens of migrants who are trapped, basically, in what they describe as – I mean, that is something that you can have a view on, because it’s something that we know factually has been happening. What is your —
MR MILLER: I’ll take – I can take it back and get you an answer on that.”
Kestyon lor sa size la dan Presbrifing Department of Defence mem zur tanto, le 9 Ziyet 2024 e get repons laba depi Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder:
Q: Thank you, general. My name is [inaudible] with the BBC. I wanted to ask about Diego Garcia where the US government has blocked the British court hearing from taking place. Specifically, they said that the participants in this hearing, which is about a migrants’ issue, wouldn't be allowed to board US military flights to Diego Garcia and would not provide housing, transportation or food, citing security and operational concerns.
Q: I'm wondering what those security and operational concerns are and under what conditions such a trip could take place.
GEN. RYDER: Sure. As you know, Diego Garcia is a US military base. As I understand it, the members of the traveling party for the hearing on the Sri Lankan migrants did not agree to the security measures required for visitors to the US Naval Support Facility at Diego Garcia. And so, now in terms of, well, what are those specific force protection measures?
I'm just not able to get into those, but — I'll just leave it there. Thank you. …
Alor, ansyin Prezidan Trump ti ena rezon, ena pei Sh... Hole dan sa lemond la. USA, enn pei, li anpes Lakur Siprem so alye UK, enn lot pei, so Lakur Siprem syeze lor enn kestyon irzan drwa imin, ki fini trene 1,000 zur! Mem kan ena zanfan inplike.
Rapel sa proze Guvernman Konservater UK pu avoy refizye Britanik al res Rwanda pandan zot prose pu gayn drwa res dan UK? Nuvo Guvernman UK fini skrap proze la net. Alor, li kler asterla ki UK-USA ti pe mazinn avoy sa kalite pov refizye, ki zot finn anprizone depi 3 banane, pu al res Rwanda. Zot pena Plan B. Sa-mem, zot pa pe zis kraz Lalwa Internasyonal net, me zot pe mem zet zot prop doktrinn Rule of Law ek zot doktrinn bidon Rules-Based -International-Order dan desbinn. Tusala li siyn find-reyn sa imans Lanpir Oksidantal la.
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