Event

Human Rights Centre Film Screening - #GoHomeGota

The Story Behind Sri Lanka's Hashtagged Protest Movement

  • Thu 12 Oct 23

    17:30 - 20:30

  • Colchester Campus

    CINE10

  • Event speaker

    Various

  • Event type

    Lectures, talks and seminars

  • Event organiser

    Human Rights Centre

  • Contact details

    Law and HRC Events and Communications Team

You are warmly invited to attend this film screening hosted by the Essex Human Rights Centre and Essex Transitional Justice Network (ETJN).

#GoHomeGota - the Story Behind Sri Lanka's Hashtagged Protest Movement

In 2022, Sri Lanka experienced a profound economic and political crisis, which generated a historic protest movement, culminating in a popular storming of the Presidential Palace and the eventual resignation of the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. This documentary examines the historic Aragalaya (lit:struggle) movement. It explores how the movement was built and sustained and centres around interviews with key activists.

The event will start with a screening of the documentary. This will be followed by a Q&A with Independant filmaker, Sulochana Peiris and chaired by Dr Katya Al Khateeb.

How to book

Please book a ticket through Eventbrite. Any problems with booking please email lawhrcevents@essex.ac.uk.

Human Rights Centre Film Screening - #GoHomeGota

About the Essex Transitional Justice Network (ETJN) 

The Essex Transitional Justice Network (ETJN) is one of the leading projects of the Human Rights Centre aiming to address hard questions in theory and practice related to the challenges faced by societies undergoing fundamental socio-political change, notably the transition from a repressive to a democratic regime, or from conflict to peace, and trying to reckon with the legacies of mass atrocities.

About the Human Rights Centre

The Essex Human Rights Centre is composed of over 2000 alumni, current students, over 100 members from across 11 disciplines, fellows, and partners.

The Human Rights Centre acts as a hub for this community, facilitating interaction at the University, online, and through networks we have established across the world.

Our community is unique in its diversity, sense of unity, and shared resolve for the advancement of human rights globally. For the thousands of students and staff that have passed through the Human Rights Centre’s doors, the Centre has been more than an institute built to generate research and develop and exchange ideas. It has also been a meeting place to form lasting friendships and bonds.

Together, Essex students, staff, graduates and partners, from every corner of the world, have worked on human rights projects that have had, and continue to have, a tangible practical impact on the ground. This is a central part of the legacy of the many individuals who have contributed to the establishment and growth of the Centre.