For this event, you will be given TWO links:

6-7 pm: Screening via metastream link

7-8 pm: Panel discussion via Zoom link

METASTREAM - PLEASE READ

To avoid technical issues with the screening

- please use a laptop/ PC

- Download the metastream remote extension on Chrome before the event

Metastream extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metastream-remote/fakegmdomhmegokfomgmkbopjibonfcp?hl=en

The zoom links will be emailed 1 hour before the event.

• Phil Miller is an investigative journalist, producer and author of 'Keenie Meenie: the British mercenaries who got away with war crimes'. He is also the co-director of the Keenie Meenie documentary. His reporting on British special forces has triggered two government probes. Phil has worked for Corporate Watch and Reprieve, and written many publications including Private Eye, Vice, Guardian and The Times. He is currently a staff reporter for Declassified UK, an investigations unit focusing on British foreign policy.
• Lou Macnamara is a camera operator and documentary assistant at Yardstickfilms, plus co-director of the Keenie Meenie documentary. They co-directed documentary short 'Working Illegally' (2015) which premiered at Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Art, exploring the UK's privatised immigration detention estate through the stories of detainees who work jobs inside detention centres for only £1 per hour. Lawyers have subsequently taken the government to court over the film's findings.
• Abarna Selvarajah is on People for Equality and Relief Lanka's (PEARL) Advocacy team in Canada. PEARL is a research and advocacy organization that advocates for justice and self-determination for the Tamil people in the North-East of Sri Lanka. Abarna is also a student activist who critiques policy and academia, with a specific focus on gender and immigration. She is an MA student in the Social Justice Education program at Ontario Institute for Social Education, University of Toronto. Abarna works towards the recognition of human rights abuses committed against Tamil people in Sri Lanka, through her advocacy work and organizing with PEARL, as well as presenting on the Tamil struggle to colleagues and peers.
• Chayan Shanmugaratnam is a final year medical student at the University of East Anglia. He is involved with Tamil Youth Organisation and 47roots, and runs thegenerationproject, an instagram page aimed to teach Eelam history.