The expulsion of an entire people from their lands is not new in history, of course. Stalin did it with the Crimean Tatars, as a form of collective punishment. But hands up all those who have heard of the Chagossians?

I had remained blissfully unaware of this outrage until today, when I chanced upon a Tweet from Wikileaks, which led me to the YouTube documentary by John Pilger reproduced here. Watch and weep.