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MG’s medico-legal <strong>report</strong>, on file with <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>, notes her “psychological symptoms<br />
are typical of torture and rape.” It also notes that “all her scars toge<strong>the</strong>r strongly support her<br />
account of being tortured as she describes.”<br />
MG told <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> she admitted to all charges against her and signed documents in<br />
Sinhala that she was unable to read. On signing <strong>the</strong> documents, MG remained in custody for a<br />
month during which she was taken to o<strong>the</strong>r detention camps and compelled to identify o<strong>the</strong>r LTTE<br />
supporters. They beat her when she refused or failed to identify people. MG’s family managed to<br />
secure her release from detention by bribing security officials in December 2008.<br />
MG said she didn’t tell anyone about <strong>the</strong> rape even after she left <strong>the</strong> country. She said: “I felt so<br />
embarrassed and scared that society may outcast me if I was a rape victim. However, I could talk to<br />
<strong>the</strong> female GP about this and am now receiving psychiatric treatment.” 166<br />
166 Ibid.<br />
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