Sean Carey

Articles by Sean Carey

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Britain's worst gift

  • 23 June 2008
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Ahead of a key House of Lords hearing, Sean Carey reflects on the disgraceful way Britain annexed a group of islands and dislodged a people to give the US an airbase

How the Chagossians could go home

  • 09 April 2008
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The issue of whether it would actually be viable for the Chagossian people to return to their former island lives

Arrested in Diego Garcia

  • 28 March 2008
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Sean Carey talks to Pete Bouquet about his arrest for entering the waters around Diego Garcia - the site of a key US military base

The truth about rendition

  • 25 February 2008
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An apology by David Miliband over the use of UK territory in US rendition flights leaves questions about claims of a secret prison facility on Diego Garcia

The sting in the Mistry tale

  • 08 February 2008

The dogmatic free-market policies of economist Percy Mistry threaten universal healthcare in Mauritius

The Chagossian story

  • 22 January 2008
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On 23 January Olivier Bancoult gives evidence to UK MPs about the treatment of his people by the British. Here Sean Carey interviews the campaigner

Sailing to Chagos - Q&A

  • 10 December 2007
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Sam Bouquet is sailing to the Chagos Archipelago to draw attention to the plight of the exiled Chagossian islanders. Sean Carey asks him about his epic journey.

Don't mention the Chagossians

  • 20 November 2007
  • 10 comments

A resolution to the long-running British injustice to the Chagos islanders could have signalled a switch in UK foreign policy

In praise of the cash economy

  • 29 October 2007
  • 3 comments

Young Foundation Fellow Sean Carey argues that sometimes being too rigorous about tax collection can be bad news for enterprise

Britain's unethical foreign policy

  • 04 October 2007
  • 2 comments

Sean Carey calls on Gordon Brown to right a long standing wrong in Diego Garcia while Vidisha Biswas looks at the story of the exiles

Vince Cable

The bankers' escape

The bankers cannot believe their luck

China

The next superpower

A new sun rises in the east

James Macintyre

Brown's PR gamble

Brown’s PR gamble

John Pilger

Travel and tragedy

Back to the point of departure

Iran

Hidden meanings

Hidden meanings

John Bercow

Speaker's secrets

Secrets of the Speaker

Sweden

Death of a dream

The death of a dream

Film review

Shirin

Movies, minus the popcorn

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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