The Case for Returning the Koh-I-Noor Diamond Has a New Backer: Mamdani(nytimes.com)

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The Case for Returning the Koh-I-Noor Diamond Has a New Backer: Mamdani

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/nyregion/kohinoor-diamond-india-history-mamdani-king-charles.html

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trompvor 2 Monaten

> In 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron told an Indian television show that returning the diamond would set a dangerous precedent. “What tends to happen with these questions is that, if you say yes to one, you suddenly find the British Museum would be empty,” he told New Delhi Television.

Emptying the British museum of all its looted treasure is quite a noble goal.

As is emptying Gitmo of all its illegally held prisoners.