British Indian Ocean Territory

That's what happened to the people of Diego Garcia, the only inhabited island in Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, a remote UK colony officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Stolen island: the shameful story of Diego Garcia hits the stage 2012

Britain has pledged to cede the islands, now called the British Indian Ocean Territory, to Mauritius in the vague hope that islanders will be allowed to return.

The Guardian World News 2010

The Chagos Archipelago is a chain of 60 islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory.

This week's new theatre and dance 2012

He accused it of pursuing "a racist and colonial policy" by backing the decision of the former foreign secretary, David Miliband, to declare the Chagos archipelago part of the British Indian Ocean Territory – a marine protected area in 2010 – to block the islanders' right of return.

Chagossians would not damage their homeland | Sean Carey 2011

In December 2003, I raised the possibility that prisoners were being held illegally on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, in the Independent.

Extraordinary rendition: just how much did David Miliband know? 2010

The Chagos Islands are part of the British Indian Ocean Territory and were occupied by the Chagossians – many of whom were shipped in to work on plantations – from the late 18th century.

Islanders appeal to Labour candidates to reverse David Miliband decision 2010

Then, in a demonstration of US and UK resolve, the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory, as it was now renamed, gave the order for the islanders 'pet dogs to be killed; after US soldiers armed with M16 rifles failed to shoot them all, the animals were gassed as their owners looked on.

A Black and Disgraceful Site Freedland, Jonathan 2009

The Royal Society acquired a 14-year lease in 1976 from the Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles 2009

Chagos is part of British Indian Ocean Territory, though the Seychelles disputes this, also claiming Diego Garcia Island.

Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests 2008

The Island of Diego Garcia discovered in the 1500s by the Portugese was a territory of Mauritius between 1814 and 1965, at which point it became part of part of the Chagos Archipelago, part of the newly created British Indian Ocean Territory.

Partners in Crime 2007