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US blocks British court from British territory
The island hosts a secretive UK-US military base and access is heavily restricted.
The supreme court of British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) was due to hold a hearing this week, attended by the BBC, on whether a group of migrants was being unlawfully detained on the island of Diego Garcia. Late on Thursday night - hours before flights for the first leg of the journey from the UK were due to depart - the court shared with the BBC an order vacating the hearing. Some have been flown to Rwanda for medical treatment following suicide attempts, and those with successful claims are waiting for a “safe third country” to be identified to resettle them in.
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