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Name: VB<br />
Gender: Female<br />
Age: 28<br />
Date Detained: May 2009<br />
Date Released: Cannot recall<br />
Circumstances of detention: VB from Mullaivaikal was detained at <strong>the</strong> Pon Ramanathan camp at<br />
Menik Farm in Vavuniya after she surrendered to <strong>the</strong> army in Omanthai. VB told <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
<strong>Watch</strong> she shared a tent with eight o<strong>the</strong>rs. She said that soldiers would often physically touch her<br />
and “misbehave” with her and o<strong>the</strong>rs whenever she came into contact with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
Account:<br />
We would go to ba<strong>the</strong> in <strong>the</strong> river but only when it got a bit dark. The river was guarded by police.<br />
Nobody else could access that area without being checked by <strong>the</strong> police. One evening, I was<br />
returning to <strong>the</strong> camp from <strong>the</strong> river with five o<strong>the</strong>r women. Suddenly, a group of soldiers<br />
appeared. It was dark, so I couldn’t see how many. Some girls managed to run away. The rest of us<br />
were overpowered. The soldiers tore my clo<strong>the</strong>s off and raped me. When I got back to <strong>the</strong> tent<br />
everybody knew what happened but nobody said anything. 150<br />
VB told <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> she was released from <strong>the</strong> camp after military personnel concluded<br />
she had no links with <strong>the</strong> LTTE.<br />
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<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> interview with VB, November 20, 2011. Medical records were not available in this case.<br />
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