Bishop Rayappu Joseph Elected to Lead the Tamil Civil Society Forum
[Bishop Rayappu has been harassed by police many times]
Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph has been elected to lead the Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF), which is now formally constituted. Outspoken academic Kumaravadivel Guruparan has been elected as one of the spokespersons. In its policy document it says that ‘ TCSF endorses the Thimphu principles of 1985. The following two are core principles in this regard: a) The right to self determination of the Tamil people based on a collective self-conscious on the part of the Tamil people as them being a Nation. Owing to their right to self-determination, the Tamil people are a sovereign nation and vice versa. b) The North and East parts of the island of Sri Lanka is the traditional homeland of the Tamil people and thus constitutes the self determining unit of the Tamil Nation.’
Bishop Rayappu Joseph Elected to Lead the Tamil Civil Society Forum by Thavam Ratna
