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KAMALIKA PIERIS
The
Tamil Separatist Movement appears to have started its Genocide charge in 2014. 28 Members of the
Northern Provincial Council and 5 members of the Eastern Provincial Council
sent a joint letter on 17
th August 2014, to United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Navi Pillay.
The letter said
, The
Tamil people strongly believe that they have been, and continue to be subject
to Genocide by Sri Lanka. The Tamils were massacred in groups, their temples
and churches were bombed, and their iconic Jaffna Public library was burnt down
in 1981 with its collection of largest and oldest priceless irreplaceable Tamil
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Bishop Joseph spent his life advocating for peace and justice for Sri Lanka’s Tamils.
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April 23, 2021
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On April 1, Catholic Bishop and human rights activist Reverend Rayappu Joseph passed away at the age of 80. Four days later, he was laid to rest at the St. Sebastian Cathedral in the Tamil-dominated northern region of Mannar in Sri Lanka, his funeral attended by a large number of people with many religious and political affiliations. Who was he and why is he highly revered among Tamils in Sri Lanka and among the diaspora?
Born on April 16, 1940 on Delft Island (Neduntheevu) in northern Sri Lanka, he served in the Diocese of Mannar from 1992-2016 and as the vice president of the Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop Conference.