Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike

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Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike
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The 42 hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by British military

when it granted Mauritius independence in 1968. The UK, which calls the archipelago British Indian Ocean Territory has refused to cede sovereignty over the islands.

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