‘We expect the international community to take decisions based on truth and justice’ - Rev. Dr. S.J. Emmanuel

‘I was a direct victim and witness to the atrocities perpetrated by the bombing of churches and schools. These have impelled me to narrate my personal experience as well as convictions about the Tamil struggle to the international community…Our deep conviction within us, is for the ultimate triumph of Truth and justice… All four Religions in Sri Lanka have failed miserably vis a vis the ethnic conflict and war… We expect the international community to go beyond “self-interest” and “bloc-politics” and take decisions based on truth and justice,’ said Rev. Dr. S. J. Emmanuel, at the Human Rights Conference –Canada 2012, on the topic, International Protection of Human Rights in the 21 st Century – A case study on Sri Lanka, held on February 18, 2012 organised by Centre for War Victims and Human Rights (CWVHR). He is the President of the Global Tamil Forum,(GTF) an umbrella organisation for Sri Lankan Tamils in 14 countries. We share his full speech with the readers.  [ full story