by NorthEast Secretariat for Human Rights, Kilinochchi, Vanni 2004-2017
NESoHR-Compilation-of Human Rights Reports With-Page-Numbers 2005 to 2009
NESoHR Massacres-of-Tamils-1956-2008 English
Originally posted: Massacres of Tamil 1956 – 2008 Documented by North East Secretariat for Human Rights Manitham January 2010
NESoHR’s Publication about Massacres on Tamils in German
2004
Opening of NESoHR July 9 2004 TamilNet article
HR Group Meets to Finalize Charter Aug 1 2004 TamilNet
Opening of NESoHR office July 9 2004. Photo courtesy TamilNation.
2005
NESoHR Responds to HRW’s 2005 ‘Living in Fear’ report
Statistics On Civilians Affected By War, January 2005
Forced Evictions-Jaffna, January 2005
NESoHR Remembering Victims of Kumuthini Boat Massacre, 15 May 2005
NESoHR Eliminate All Circumstances Aiding Resumption of War 26 May 2005
NESoHR Appeal to UN HCHR 7 June 2005
NESoHR 2005-07-01 Annual Report after one year of operation
International Human Rights Day Celebrations, 10 December 2005
2006
Tharshini-Case Report ,6 January 2006
Abduction of Balakrishnan Rajeevmohan by Sri Lankan Army
Civilian Attacks Nov 2005 – Jan 2006
Abduction of N Kandeepan and T Tharmasri by Sri Lankan Army Kandeepan
Destruction of life, property and community in Pesalai, on December 23rd 2005
Abduction of TRO employees 29 & 30 January 2006
Abduction of Rajaratnam Thevachandran on 3 January 2006
NESOHR report on the attack on Sampoor village 20 & 21 March 2006
NESoHR: Challenge to the Rule of Law and Justice, 7 April 2006
NESOHR Condemns Mr. Vigneswaran’s Killing on 7 April 2006
NESOHR report on fishermen’s human right to livelihood, 17 April 2006
NESOHR report on civilian deaths and disappearances from March 1 until 18 April 2006
Puliyankulam murders-Arbitrary killing of three men who went hunting on 13 April
Extrajudicial killing of five men on 18 April 2006 in Puthoor, Jaffna
NESOHR Appeal for Protection, 12 July 2006
July 1983: A Reenactment in the Making, 27 July 2006
NESOHR: Missing Allaippiddy Catholic Priest, 20 August 2006
NESOHR: Urgent Appeal to Halt Military Activities and Restore Normalcy, 22 August 2006
Death Threats to more who involve human rights and humanitarian work, 31 August 2006
Sensolai Update, 1 October 2006
The shattering saga of the A9 controversy, 21 November 2006
Two Catholic Priests Arrested and to face trial on Wednesday in Jaffna, 29 November 2006
From roofless prison to criminals’ prison,” 13 December 2006
Forced Evacuation of Tamils from Vaharai, 18 December 2006
Appeal to the UN: Humanitarian Crisis in Vaharai ( Batticaloa), 18 December 2006
2007
Critical situation of medical supplies to District Hospital- Kilinochchi, 5 January 2007
2008
IDP health situation October 2008
NESoHR submission to Sri Lanka’s UNHRC Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2012
Attempt to Re-Launch NESoHR 2013 – Re-LaunchPress-release-english-June-6-2013.pdf
by North East Secretariat for Human Rights, January 2005 to January 2009, Courtesy TamilNet accessed December 14, 2017
This document consists of the collection of NESoHR human rights reports issued between January 2005 to January 2009. It is a companion collection to the NESoHR report/book “Massacres of Tamils 1956-2008”. This collection is collated into six main themes: Massacre reports; Individual case reports; Reports on food and medicine embargo; Displacement reports; Reports on curtailment of Tamil fishing rights; and Monthly Human Rights reports. The book and this companion collection demonstrates the on going nature of the genocide of the Tamil people on many fronts.
1 Massacre reports
NESoHR published several detailed reports on some of the massacres documented in the
book “Massacres of Tamils 1956-2008”. These detailed reports are included in this Section,
separated according to the period when they occurred, namely pre-ceasefire period; during
ceasefire; and post January 2008 when the Lankan government unilaterally abrogated the
ceasefire.
Pre-ceasefire period massacre reports
1. MAM report – Mandaithivu disappearances 23 Aug, 25 Sept 1990 (Page 6)
2. Piramanthanaru massacre 02 Oct 1985 (Page 102)
Ceasefire period massacre reports
1. Pesalai housing scheme massacre 23 Dec 2005 (Page 127)
2. Manipay family massacre 14 Jan 2006 (Page 131)
3. TRO employees disappearance 29 Jan 2006 (Page 134)
4. Trincomalee riots 12 April 2006 (Page 138)
5. Nelliyadi massacre 04 May 2006 (Page 142)
6. Senchcholai bombing 14 Aug 2006 (Page 146)
7. Padahuththurai bombing 2 Jan 2007 (Page 393)
Post January 2008
1. Thadchanamadhu claymore attack 29 Jan 2008 (Page 432)
2. Kiranchi bombing 22 Feb 2008 (Page 436)
3. Murukandy claymore attack 23 May 2008 (Page 438)
4. PTK bombing – 15 June 2008 (Page 441)
5. Nahathambiran pilgrim claymore attack 02 June 2008 (Page 444)
6. Puthumurippu IDP shelling 30 August 2008 (Page 449)
The following reports are on the widespread bombing and shelling of civilian areas including hospitals.
1. Mullaithivu hospital shelling August 2008 (Page 446)
2. Kilinochchi city bombing Sept 2008 (Page 451)
3. More Kilinochchi hospital and other bombing Oct 2008 (Page 453)
Once the number bombings and victims started to reach alarming levels towards the end of
2008, NESoHR was unable to keep up with the events. Thus NESoHR resorted to producing just lists of attacks with pictures of victims. After January 2009 even this became impossible.
1. Victim list -November 2008 (has reference to cluster bomb) (Page 457)
2. Victim List – Dec 2008 (Page 462)
3. Victim List – 1-16 Jan 2008 (Page 470)
4. Victim List 17-22 Jan 2008 (Page 480)
2. Individual case reports
Prior to the period when death squad activities in Jaffna reached a crescendo in 2006 and
2007, families of victims reported these incidents directly to NESoHR at its office in
Kilinochchi. NESoHR issued several reports in January 2006 on these incidents. These
reports through the eye-witness accounts of families clearly show the culprits behind the
death squad activities.
Once these death squad abductions and murders reached alarming levels families were too
frightened to report it to NESoHR. Thus NESoHR could not continue to produce these
reports. However, monthly statistics on deaths and disappearances by death squads
throughout 2007 and 2008 were published in the monthly human rights reports issued by
NESoHR. These monthly reports can be found in the Section 6 below with the same name.
The individual case reports can be found in this Section 2.
1. Rape and murder of Tharshini Ilayathamby Dec 2005 (Page 495)
2. Point blank shooting of Arulajanthan in his home – Jan 2006 (Page 499)
3. Point blank shooting of Iyathurai Baskaran at his home – Jan 2006 (Page 502)
4. Abduction of Kandeepan and Tharmasri – Jan 2006 (Page 505)
5. Point blank shooting of Murugesu – Jan 2006 (Page 508)
6. Abduction of Maheswaran Balraj from his home – Jan 2006 (Page 510)
7. Abduction of Maruthanayagam near his home – Jan 2006 (Page 512)
8. Point blank shooting of Murugan and two others – Jan 2006 (Page 515)
9. Abduction of Rajeev Mohan from his home – Jan 2006 (Page 517)
10. Abduction and murder of Sathananthan – May 2006 (Page 519)
11. Point blank shooting of two men – May 2006 (Page 521)
12. Disappearance of Fr Jim Brown, a priest, and his assistant– May 2006 (Page 522)
13. Point blank shooting of Jesuthasan – Nov-2006 (Page 524)
14. Jaffna disappearances – June 2008 (Page 527)
15. Handling of extra judicial execution by the Justice system – Dec 2008 (Page 530)
3. Reports on food and medicine embargo
During 2007 onwards Vanni was put under severe embargos on food and medicine. Some of the NESoHR reports on this subjected are collected under this section.
1. Needs of the IDPs – July 2008 (Page 533)
2. Siege on healthcare services in Vanni – July 2008 (Page 537)
3. Convoy problem enters new phase – August 2008 (Page 540)
4. Expelling international agencies – August 2008 (Page 542)
5. Update on Vanni Displacement August 2008 (Page 545)
6. Vanni IDP health situation – Oct 2008 (Page 548)
7. Food for the Vanni people – Nov 2008 (Page 552)
4. Displacement reports
NESoHR reports on displacement and forced evictions are presented here. One of the reports included here is a report released by the LTTE Peace Secretariat but it is included here because of its value in presenting demographic changes prior to the ceasefire period.
1. Demographic Changes Tamil Homeland prior to ceasefire April 2008 (Page 560)
2. Forced Evictions of Tamils from the North East by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces Jan 2005 (Page 573)
3. Eechilampattu IDP return – 2008 (Page 590)
4. Jaffna Displacement in Jan 2006 (Page 592)
5. Mannar Displacement 2007-2008 (Page 597)
6. Vanni Displacements – 2008 (Page 600)
5. Reports on severe curtailment of Tamil fishing rights
NESoHR issued one very detailed report and two short reports on the denial of fishing rights to the Tamils prior to the ceasefire period, during the ceasefire period, and post the ceasefire period.
1. Fishermen’s human rights to livelihood – April 2006 (Page 604)
2. NorthEast fishing communities – April 2006 (Page 611)
3. Wretched fishermen of Jaffna – August 2008 (Page 655)
6. Monthly Human Rights reports
This section includes a collection of monthly human rights reports issued from August 2007 to December 2008. These include monthly statistics on the deaths and disappearances on a district basis. Some of the massacres documented in the book “Massacres of Tamils 1956-2008” are also detailed in these reports.
1. Monthly HR report – Aug 2007 (Page 659)
2. Monthly HR report – Sept 2007 (Page 674)
3. Monthly HR report – Oct 2007 (Page 693)
4. Monthly HR report – Nov 2007 (Page 727)
5. Annual HR report – Dec 2007 (Page 756)
6. Monthly HR report – Jan 2008 (Page 761)
7. Monthly HR report – Feb 2008 (Page 780)
8. Monthly HR report – Mar 2008 (Page 796)
9. Monthly HR report – April 2008 (Page 811)
10. Monthly HR report – May 2008 (Page 815)
11. Monthly HR report – June 2008 (Page 821)
12. Monthly HR report – July 2008 (Page 827)
13. Monthly HR report – Aug 2008 (Page 833)
14. Monthly HR report – Sept 2008 (Page 839)
15. Monthly HR report – Oct 2008 (Page 847)
16. Monthly HR report – Nov 2008 (Page 852)
17. Monthly HR report – Dec 2008 (Page 857)