Wikileaks cables ruled admissable as evidence in UK courts

There has long been interest in the plight of the Chagos Archipelago. Essentially, the residents of Diego Garcia, a British colony in the Indian Ocean, were removed from their homes by the British government. Just like that!

The reason was that their homeland was given over to the US to use as a bombing and intelligence base for their military. There have been many battles to help the islanders return home, which they fervently wish to do.

This posting from David Hart of the UK Human Rights Blog is interesting as it both tells us about the latest development in the legal struggle and intersects with my ongoing interest in the Wikileaks case. In fact, I was made aware of this through Wikileaks itself:


http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/05/26/chagossians-wikileaked-cable-admissible-after-all/

What has happened is that one of the diplomatic cables leaked by Private Manning to Wikileaks in 2009 has been ruled to be admissible evidence in UK courts. As there were many thousands of these cables, this may mean that the light shed on this backroom dealings may open the doors of justice.

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