New Reports & Releases

HR Report for June 2008	Human Rights Report 08 Jul 08 0.3 MB
Report on the displaced in Vanni	Human Rights Report 23 Jun 08 0.4 MB
Report on the June 2, 2008 claymore attack on templegoers	Human Rights Report 21 Jun 08 0.2 MB
Report on the aerial bombing of Puthukkudiyiruppu town	Human Rights Report 20 Jun 08 0.2 MB
Arbitrary execution of Jesuthasan Sebaratnam exemplifies Jaffna people's plight	Human Rights Report 10 Jun 08 0.1 MB
HR Report for May 2008	Human Rights Report 05 Jun 08 0.3 MB
Report on the claymore attack on a private van near Murukandy	Human Rights Report 27 May 08 0.3 MB
Report on Mannar Civilians	Human Rights Report 22 May 08 0.1 MB
Claymore attack on a school bus in Thadchanamadhu	Human Rights Report 07 May 08 0.1 MB
HR Report for April 2008	Human Rights Report 05 May 08 0.2 MB
NESOHR Condemns Assassination of Father Karunaratnam	Press Release 21 Apr 08 0.2 MB
HR Report for March 2008	Human Rights Report 07 Apr 08 0.6 MB

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The only local, independent human rights monitoring body in the NorthEast of Sri Lanka

Background

Over the course of the past two decades, war has devastated the NorthEast of Sri Lanka. Tamils in this area have faced extreme violence and been the victims of appalling human rights abuses. When the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was put in place, standard law enforcement mechanisms broke down and victims were left without recourse in the face of abuse. In response, community leaders in the NorthEast established citizens' committees to hear complaints and took whatever limited actions they found possible.

As a part of the 2002 peace process, the international community recommended the strengthening of the human rights protection mechanisms in the NorthEast of Sri Lanka. In response, the very community leaders who had been involved in the citizens' committees launched the NorthEast Secretariat On Human Rights (NESOHR) on July 9, 2004, in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.