Events
9/26, 6:00pm, Let Us Return! Film Screening of “Absolutely Must Go” and Discussion with Exiled Chagossian Leaders
American University, Letts Hall Formal Lounge 100, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
The exiled Chagossian people have been struggling to return to their homeland for more than 50 years. The Chagossians were forcibly removed from their homes by the US and UK governments during the creation of the US military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. This special event will feature a screening of the new award-winning documentary "Absolutely Must Go." A Q&A will follow with Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Chagossian leader, Olivier Bancoult, who is visiting the US for meetings in Congress and at the United Nations.
9/27, 6:00pm, THE LAST COLONY, Philippe Sands in Conversation with Olivier Bancoult
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC:
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Decades after being forced out of their homeland by the US military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, the exiled Chagossian people won an unprecedented lawsuit at the International Court of Justice. Marking the release of the US edition of lawyer Philippe Sands’s book The Last Colony, Sands and Chagossian leader Olivier Bancoult will discuss Chagossians’ ongoing struggle to return to their homeland and finally win justice. The conversation will be moderated by Cristina Becker, Associate Director researcher for Human Rights Watch, which has described the treatment of Chagossians as a crime against humanity.
10/3, 5:30pm, “Absolutely Must Go” Film Screening and Discussion with Exiled Chagossian Leaders
Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, Room to Be Announced
The exiled Chagossian people have been struggling to return to their homeland for more than 50 years. The Chagossians were forcibly removed from their homes by the US and UK governments during the creation of the US military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. This special event will feature a screening of the new award-winning documentary "Absolutely Must Go." A Q&A will follow with Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Chagossian leader, Olivier Bancoult, who is visiting the US for meetings in Congress and at the United Nations.