Louis Olivier Bancoult
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Louis Olivier Bancoult is a Mauritian who is the leader of the Chagos Refugee Group. Bancoult has been involved in several high profile legal actions concerning the exile of the Chagos Islanders including R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
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R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs was a case of the House of Lords concerning the removal of the Chagos Islanders and the exercise of the Royal Prerogative. The Chagos Islands, acquired by the United Kingdom in 1814, were reorganised as the British Indian Ocean Territory...
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