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Name: EB Gender: Male Age: 31 Date Detained: June 2009 Date Released: January 2010 Circumstances of detention: In June 2009, EB was detained by personnel from the Sri Lankan military and CID after being identified by ex-LTTE cadres during an “identification parade” at the Vavuniya Sivapragasam Welfare Centre. EB said the LTTE had forcibly conscripted him in June 2008 and following training for 45 days, he served with an LTTE field medical team. EB told Human Rights Watch that he was taken to Velikkulam School detention camp in Vavuniya where he was photographed, fingerprinted, and his ID card was seized. Account: I was tortured severely by CID and Sri Lankan army personnel. I was kept alone in a dirty room at first and then transferred to a larger room where there were around 100 to 150 people present. I was always taken to a separate room for interrogation and torture. We were all kept stripped in detention and only had our pants on. During interrogation, the pants were removed. I was hung upside down and whipped by various types of wires. I was hung upside down and they forced a petrol-infused plastic bag on my head, and tried to asphyxiate me. My testicles were rubbed against a rough wall on numerous occasions and this has led to permanent scars. I was sexually abused. I am so ashamed of this that I did not mention this in my interviews. But after I was sexually abused and tortured, I confessed to everything and signed a blank piece of paper. The CID and army officials kept asking me why I did not surrender. When I gave the reply that I was scared, they would torture me further. They did this on a numerous occasions. On some of these occasions, I would collapse and lose consciousness. They also forced me to identify other LTTE cadres within the camp. If I failed to do so, I would be tortured. 145 EB’s medico legal report, on file with Human Rights Watch, notes that he is suffering from complex post traumatic disorder along with major depressive disorder. EB said he escaped from detention one evening in January 2010 after his family members managed to bribe army officials. He fled Sri Lanka in late January 2010. 145 Human Rights Watch interview with EB, November 26, 2011. 95 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | FEBRUARY 2013
Name: VM Gender: Female Age: 26 Date Detained: June 2009 Date Released: January 2010 Circumstances of detention: In June 2009, VM was staying at a lodge in Colombo when a group of army soldiers knocked on the door. VM told Human Rights Watch they were accompanied by some masked men in civilian clothes. She says she and another woman from the lodge were detained and brought in a van to a police station (name of station withheld). Their identification cards were seized by the soldiers. Account: I was photographed and my fingerprints were taken. They took all my details. Then they started questioning me and beating me. I was kept in the police station for a few days and then moved to another site. The officials questioned me about my links with LTTE. They asked me for details of LTTE cadre. When I said I did not know, they started torturing me. I was punched and kicked. I was beaten on my back and legs with wooden sticks and metal rods. I was stripped naked during questioning. The officials, who questioned me, groped me. I was raped repeatedly at night in detention. There were always two or more perpetrators. I could not see their faces. I had a lot of bleeding because of the rapes. They told me they would kill me if I told anybody about the rapes.” 146 VM’s medico legal report, on file with Human Rights Watch, confirms that the injuries on her body are consistent with her account. VM told Human Rights Watch her release from detention was secured in January 2010 after her uncle bribed police and army officials. 146 Human Rights Watch interview with VM, December 10, 2011. “WE WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON” 96
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Map of Sri Lanka
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surveillance of civil society group
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Methodology From November 2011 to O
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I. Background The 26-year-long arme
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of women and girls. In its response
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Violations: Denial of Basic Due Pro
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on this aspect of torture. “Victi
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