A court has overturned a ban on people living on the outer Chagos Islands. In February, nine people, including four Chagossians, landed on Ile Du Coin, an uninhabited outer island which is 135 south of Diego Garcia. They were ordered to leave, and four members of the group took legal action against the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). It was argued that a 2004 law removing the right of Chagossians to enter and remain on the outer islands was unlawful. In a ruling on