by North East Secretariat for Human Rights, Kilinochchi, February 2005 [courtesy TamilNation.org] NESOHR Karadippokudu Junction Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka nesohr /A_T/ hotmail /D_O_T/ com Tel: 021 228 5986 Fax: 021 228 5986 Established 9 July, 2004 This response is dedicated to Mr. A. Chandra Nehru, a fearless defender of human rights. We would like right at the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Human Rights
ITJP: Valvettithurai – Testimonies of a Massacre
by International Truth & Justice Project, South Africa, March 2025 ITJP_VVT-report_Digital_Final-March-2025 [Tamil & Sinhalese versions available] This report uses the voices of those who were there to tell the story of the Valvettithurai massacre in 1989, one of the worst atrocities committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka. From 1987-1990, India… Read more »
ITJP: Dossiers
by International Truth & Justice Project Sri Lanka, South Africa, ongoing ITJP dossiers Sisira Mendis ITJP The-case-against-Sisira-Mendis-final 2016 Major General (ret.) Jagath Dias ITJP_Jagath_Dias_dossier-final_210816_120919 2017 General (ret.) Jagath Jayasuriya Profile & Command Responsibility ITJP_JJ_fact_sheet_1_v8.1 Joseph Camp Role ITJP_JJ_fact_sheet_2_v5 Attacks on Hospitals 2009 ITJP_JJ_fact_sheet_3_v6 Executions & Disappearances ITJP_JJ_fact_sheet_4_v4 Conflict Timeline & Map ITJP_JJ_fact_sheet_5_v5 August 2017 Major General… Read more »
Discovery of Skeletal Remains in Chemmani Reignites Fears of Mass Graves in Jaffna
The discovery of human skeletal remains near Chemmani, Jaffna, has once again raised fears and painful memories among Tamil residents by Tamil Guardian, London, February 17, 2025 The discovery of human skeletal remains near Chemmani, Jaffna, has once again raised fears and painful memories among Tamil residents, recalling the Chemmani mass graves that were uncovered… Read more »
ITJP: Gamini Silva Dossier
by International Truth & Justice Project Sri Lanka, South Africa, February 17, 2025 Gamini-Silva-Public-Dossier_final ITJP Dossiers Gamini Silva [Full legal name: Palliyaguruge Sarath Gamini Silva (a.k.a. Gamini de Silva)] Date of Birth: September 3, 1953 Career: • Member of the National Police Commission (May 2023 – April 2024);1 [Retired from police force in December 2013];2… Read more »
ITJP: Swiss Legal Claim for Tamil Sent Back to Torture in Sri Lanka
by International Truth & Justice Project Sri Lanka, South Africa, February 18, 2025 ITJP 18-February-2025-Swiss-case-press-release Geneva: Swiss Lawyers have filed a compensation case for a Tamil man rejected for asylum in Switzerland, who went back to Sri Lanka only to be tortured and sexually violated again in 2022. The case filed by Emma Lidén and… Read more »
ITJP: 60+ Sanctions Submissions for Human Rights and Economic Crimes
by International Truth & Justice Project Sri Lanka, South Africa, December 5, 2024 ITJP_Sanctions_60_Submissions_for_Sri_Lankan_Human_Rights_and_Economic_Crimes_English Press Release: 60+ Sanctions Submissions for Human Rights and Economic Crimes in Sri Lanka and multiple universal jurisdiction cases. Johannesburg: The International Truth and Justice Project has submitted more than 60 sanctions and visa ban requests against Sri Lankan public and… Read more »
Himal: Yasmin Sooka on Truth and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
State of Southasia #18 Himal, Colombo, February 16, 2025 A conversation on the failed attempts at accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka and hopes from the country’s new political dispensation for movement towards transitional justice. The Editors In December, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), an international non-government organisation working to promote justice and… Read more »
NESoHR: Massacres of Tamils 1956 – 2008
by North East Secretariat for Human Rights, Vanni, 2010 This Book is dedicated to the thousands of Eelam Tamils who lost their life at the hands of the Sri Lankan and Indian State Armed Forces. NESoHR Massacres-of-Tamils-1956-2008 Originally posted on Sangam at Massacres of Tamil 1956 – 2008 Documented by North East Secretariat for Human… Read more »
TGTE: Thaiyiddy Buddhist Temple, Symbol of Sinhala Occupation, Should be Removed
Tamil Cultural Genocide for Assimilation into Sinhala Buddhism by Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, February 11, 2025 Following the 2009 Mullivaikkal genocide of the Tamils, the Sri Lankan State capitalized on Eelam Tamils’ relatively weak position domestically to brazenly engage in cultural and heritage genocide—forcing the assimilation (“Sinhalization”) of the Tamils and Muslims into the… Read more »
Navigating the Complex Terrain of Accountability in Sri Lanka
by PKI Global Justice Journal, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Winter 2025 Table of Contents Malliha Wilson, Janakan Muthukumar, and Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Introduction: Navigating the Complex Terrain of Accountability in Sri Lanka Malliha Wilson, Enhancing Justice for Sub-National Groups: The Role of Universal Jurisdiction in Sri Lanka Maxwin Paul Rayen, The Politics of… Read more »
The Death of Francis Boyle
A Great Progressive International Law Scholar and Practitioner by Prof. Richard Falk in his blog, February 6, 2025 [Prefatory Note: The following post represents my reflections on the outstanding progressive international law expert of our time, and takes notes of both pardonable faults and eternal gratitude for a courageous life well spent. Francis Boyle: In Memoriam;… Read more »
NESoHR Archives
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… Read more »
Joint Letter: Press Freedom Protections in Sri Lanka
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/12/joint-letter-press-freedom-protections-sri-lanka January 13, 2025 President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Re: Press Freedom Protections in Sri Lanka Dear President Dissanayake, Congratulations on your recent election as president of Sri Lanka. We, the undersigned 25 civil society organizations, are writing to respectfully urge your leadership to ensure that Sri Lanka upholds press freedom and… Read more »
The Quandary of the National Policy on Land
Reinventing The Wheel? by Austin Fernando, Colombo Telegraph, January 12, 2025 Last week, news appeared titled ‘Inter-linked mechanism mooted for lands.’ The Deputy Minister of Lands and Irrigation Dr. Susil Ranasinghe was quoted in it. Ranasinghe rightly lamented the absence of a proper land policy that creates disorganization of institutions involved in land use, i.e.,… Read more »
Tamil Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Brutal Civil War Live in Fear
— and disempowerment, 15 years on by Krishnan Francis, Associated Press, New York, May 31, 2024 MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. It is a skill… Read more »
Dead or Alive?
Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka’s civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers By Krishnan Francis, Associated Press, May 18, 2024 MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. Or… Read more »
A Magic Wand
by Tisaranee Gunasekara, Colombo Telegraph, November 17, 2024 “Wishes come true, Not free.” Stephen Sondheim – In to the Woods The Grimm version is known wider but the Turkish one cuts deeper. In both tales, the boy goes in search of fear and finds a crown. In the Grimm version, fear comes when a pail of cold… Read more »
AKD’s Resolve To Mend Ethnic Fault-lines Laudable
But Challenges Abound! by Mohamed Harees, Colombo Telegraph, November 12, 2024 Lukman Harees The largest lie of all—that the country depended on the elite rulers, benefits from their rule, and owes them silent loyalty entirely collapsed. The historic election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the President of Sri Lanka on September 21st was indeed the beginning of… Read more »
The Will to Freedom
An Inside View of Tamil Resistance by Adele Balasingham, London, October 6, 2001 Front Cover Maps Photos Introduction 1 New Horizons 2 Inside The Tigers’ Den 3 Turbulent Times in India 4 The Indo LTTE War 5 Hunted By The Indian Army 6 Premadasa – LTTE Talks 7 Living amid War in Jaffna 8 Tribulations in Vanni Post Script Annexure Abbreviations Back Cover… Read more »