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Louis Olivier Bancoult (born 1964) is a Chagossian activist for the right of return and the leader of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG).
Biography
He was born in 1964 on the island of Peros Banhos in the Chagos Archipelago, from where he was forcibly removed at the age of four and transported to Mauritius. In response, his mother Rita Élysée Bancoult, together with activists Charlesia Alexis and Lisette Talate, founded the CRG in 1982.
Bancoult is an electrician and an advocate for the juridical right of the Chagossians to return from Mauritius to their original homeland. He has been involved in several high profile legal actions concerning the exile of the Chagos Islanders.
He was one of five islanders who, on 13 February 2022, stepped on to the beach of Peros Banhos, one of the larger atolls making up the occupied Chagos Islands, due to Mauritius legal victories "first at the UN General Assembly, then at the UN's International Court of Justice, and finally at the UN's tribunal for settling maritime disputes".
In 2023, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Liseby Elysé, a Chagossian woman who testified before the International Court of Justice in the case opposing Mauritius to the United Kingdom.
See also
Anglo-American occupation of the Chagos Archipelago
Expulsion of the Chagossians
References
External links
thechagosrefugeesgroup.com
R (on the application of Bancoult (No 2)) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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- Louis Olivier Bancoult
- Chagossians
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- King-in-Council
- Peros Banhos
- R (on the application of Bancoult (No 2)) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Expulsion of the Chagossians
- Stealing a Nation
- Liseby Elysé
- Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate
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Jeanne du Barry (2023)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
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