I have been asked to talk about Rajan Hoole and Kopalasingham
Sritharan of University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) (UTHR(J)), who received the Martin Ennals
Award for Human Rights Defenders this year. I was absolutely thrilled when they
got the award, because I had been feeling for years that they hadn't received sufficient
recognition for the amazing work they had been doing under extremely difficult circumstances,
without any institutional support
or proper funding, and leading a hunted existence due to their refusal to give
up human rights work despite death threats from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE).
Thursday, December 6, 2007
No Peace Without Human Rights
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