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I could not endure <strong>the</strong> torture anymore, so I told <strong>the</strong>m that I was employed by <strong>the</strong> LTTE, that my<br />
husband was a home guard with <strong>the</strong> LTTE, and that my bro<strong>the</strong>r was an LTTE member. I also signed a<br />
confession written in Sinhala that I did not understand. 167<br />
RN secured her release from detention following payment of a bribe in December 2008. She was<br />
told to <strong>report</strong> to <strong>the</strong> Trincomalee police station every week following her release but, fearful of<br />
being detained again, arranged to leave Sri Lanka using <strong>the</strong> services of a human smuggling agent.<br />
RN’s medico legal <strong>report</strong>, on file with <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>, confirms her account of rape and notes<br />
that she suffers from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.<br />
167 <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> interview with RN, November 24, 2011.<br />
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