Bernadette Dugasse
Bernadette Dugasse is a Chagossian woman who has been actively involved in legal efforts to contest the British government's negotiations regarding the Chagos Islands. Alongside another Chagossian, she brought a case against the Foreign Office, arguing that the deal to transfer the islands to Mauritius was being pursued without proper consultation with the Chagossian people, whose ancestral homeland is at stake.
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Chagossian activist Bernadette Dugasse expressed a desire for the deal to stop and for Chagossians to have a say in their future.
UK defends Chagos Islands deal after Trump calls handover 'act of great stupidity'
United Kingdom· 2026-01-20
Bernadette Dugasse led a last-minute legal challenge to block the deal concerning the Chagos Islands.
Chagos Islands deal ends Britain’s last claim to a sunlit empire
Australia· 2025-05-26
Bernadette Dugasse is one of two Chagossian women, born on Diego Garcia, who brought a last-minute legal challenge over the deal to the UK's High Court.
What is the Chagos Islands deal between the UK and Mauritius?United Kingdom· 2025-05-23
Bernadette Dugasse, along with another woman, filed a legal challenge against the transfer of the islands.
בריטניה מוסרת את איי צ'אגוס אחרי 211 שנה
Israel· 2025-05-22
Bernadette Dugasse is one of the exiled Chagossian women who argued that the sovereignty deal was being finalised without consulting the Chagossian community.
UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius in landmark sovereignty deal
India· 2025-05-22The legal action was brought by two Chagossian women, Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrie Pompe.
Chagos Islands deal paused by last-minute legal actionUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-22
