The North-East Secretariat on Human Rights (NESoHR) was established on July 9, 2004, in Kilinochchi by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as part of the 2002 Norway-facilitated peace process to monitor human rights in the North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
During its operations from Vanni, it released a large number of reports on the ongoing atrocities against Tamils.
[5] Amnesty International claimed in 2006 that NESoHR had "limited autonomy, and capacity and security constraints" that restricted its access to the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
Both were later assassinated allegedly by state-affiliated paramilitaries[7] and posthumously awarded the honour of Maamanithar by the LTTE.
[8][9] In a press release, NESoHR condemned, "in the strongest possible terms", "the Sri Lankan State" for his death.