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Name: KD Gender: Female Age: 32 Date Detained: May 2009 Date Released: Cannot recall Circumstances of detention: KD was from Mullaithivu and worked for the cultural unit of the LTTE before she was forcibly conscripted by the LTTE for military service in 2008. KD told Human Rights Watch she crossed into government-held territory in mid-May 2009 and was detained at Omanthai in Vanni. Account: I was taken to the Pampaimadu Technical College in Vavuniya after 10 days or so. We were photographed when we got to the camp. The conditions were very bad, there were so many of us cramped in a small room. We were lined up and questioned every day; they wanted to check our stories. I noticed that some younger and beautiful women and those who had scars on their bodies were taken aside. Quite a few women had shrapnel scars on their faces and arms. In some cases of women who had some visible scars, the soldiers asked the women to lift their clothes to check for more scars. They wanted to see if they were scars from fighting with the LTTE. Sometimes these women came back to our group. Some of the women didn’t come back. One day, I was asked to step aside. I was very frightened. I was taken to another room where the officials started questioning me. They asked me about my links with LTTE, what I did for them, where other LTTE supporters were. I did not know, so I told them I was forcibly conscripted. As I had not said this before, they became very angry and, they started beating me. They asked me to sign a confession. I refused because I thought they would kill me if I signed the confession. A senior official said he would make me sign. He started removing his belt and trousers. I lost consciousness and don’t know how many times I was raped. I signed the confession after that and was sent back to the room where we all stayed. 149 KD managed to escape from detention after her family bribed authorities. 149 Human Rights Watch interview with KD, November 20, 2011. Medical records were not available in this case. 99 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | FEBRUARY 2013
Name: VB Gender: Female Age: 28 Date Detained: May 2009 Date Released: Cannot recall Circumstances of detention: VB from Mullaivaikal was detained at the Pon Ramanathan camp at Menik Farm in Vavuniya after she surrendered to the army in Omanthai. VB told Human Rights Watch she shared a tent with eight others. She said that soldiers would often physically touch her and “misbehave” with her and others whenever she came into contact with them. Account: We would go to bathe in the river but only when it got a bit dark. The river was guarded by police. Nobody else could access that area without being checked by the police. One evening, I was returning to the camp from the river with five other women. Suddenly, a group of soldiers appeared. It was dark, so I couldn’t see how many. Some girls managed to run away. The rest of us were overpowered. The soldiers tore my clothes off and raped me. When I got back to the tent everybody knew what happened but nobody said anything. 150 VB told Human Rights Watch she was released from the camp after military personnel concluded she had no links with the LTTE. 150 Human Rights Watch interview with VB, November 20, 2011. Medical records were not available in this case. “WE WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON” 100
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Map of Sri Lanka
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Not all detainees subjected to sexu
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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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The Sri Lankan government declared
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From 1990 to 2002, Sri Lankan civil
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of women and girls. In its response
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damages. 43 The UN has reaffirmed t
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Rights Watch and other organization
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Criminal Investigation Department (
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For instance, GD, a 31-year-old wom
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international airport, and taken to
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Violations: Denial of Basic Due Pro
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on this aspect of torture. “Victi
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LTTE conspiracy to defame and demon
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