Bishop of Mannar may disappear and it is for the Pope and the world to take note of

By Brian Senewiratne   12 May 2012

Posted 11-May-2012 Vol 3 Issue 19 This is an urgent appeal to prevent the possible assassination/ ‘disappearance’ of the outspoken Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar, Rayappu Joseph, his fellow Catholic priests in the North and East, and others, who call themselves ‘Civil Society’, who are the only voices of the Tamil people in this part of Sri Lanka. I write, not as a concerned Christian, but as a concerned human being, to apprise the international community, including the Pope, of what might happen in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, as it likes to call itself. Bishop Rayappu’s life may be under threat (Photo courtesy: Global Tamil News) Anyone who is even minimally aware of what is going on behind the closed and censored door of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Totalitarian State will know that murder is rampant, and accountability non-existent in Sri Lanka. Murder or ‘disappearance’ is the Government’s answer to any problem, and the only method of silencing the dissenting voice. Irreplaceable Read More