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Name: SA Gender: Male Age: 42 Date Detained: April 2012 Date Released: April 2012 Circumstances of detention: SA, a Tamil political activist, was abducted by a group of men in civilian clothes in April 2012. Account: They were all armed with pistols and T56 [military assault] rifles. 106 They all seemed drunk. They told me to kneel and removed my clothes and used my shirt to blindfold me. I was threatened with a pistol and beaten for around 15-20 minutes. They kicked my genitals. They sexually assaulted me. It was clearly done to humiliate me. I was blindfolded and taken to an unknown detention site. I was repeatedly beaten up and interrogated. When I was not being questioned, my legs and hands were cuffed to a steel bed. That night I was taken to a third place, which was like an abandoned motel. I was kept blindfolded throughout but questioned more systematically. After two days, I was dropped in front of a police station. My abductors did not appear to have any fear of the police and told me, “If you try to escape, go elsewhere, or contact colleagues, you’ll be shot.” 107 Before SA was released, his captors told him that he was being dropped at a police station, saying: “You should go right in, don’t look back at our vehicle. We will use different number plates so it won’t be useful.” At the police station, SA was taken to see the senior superintendent of police and subsequently released from detention. 106 The T56 or Type 56 is the Chinese version of the Russian Kalashnikov assault rifle. 107 Human Rights Watch interview with SA, April 26, 2012. 55 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | FEBRUARY 2013
Name: VV Gender: Male Age: 29 Date arrested: April 2012 Date Released: Cannot recall Circumstances of detention: At about 7 p.m. sometime in April 2012, five uniformed policemen arrived at VV’s home in Vavuniya. They announced that they were arresting VV and gave his uncle an arrest receipt. VV told Human Rights Watch he was blindfolded and dragged into a jeep and taken to the Vavuniya police station where he was questioned and his responses recorded. Account: The police officials accused me of being an LTTE member and returning to Sri Lanka from abroad to revive the LTTE in the country. They blindfolded me and pushed me into a jeep. We drove for around 10 to 15 minutes and I was pushed into a small room. They kept asking me the same questions, about which other LTTE members I worked with, my activities abroad and I kept refusing to answer them. They tortured me in several ways. I was beaten up with several objects, burned with cigarettes, suspended from the ceiling, sexually abused, and raped. I think I was raped by different people for three nights—it was dark so I couldn’t tell their faces. They used abusive language and spoke in Sinhala although they knew a few Tamil words. They smelled of alcohol. I was forced to strip down to my underwear during my interrogation. They kicked my genitals with their boots during questioning. I broke down after the rape and agreed to sign anything they wanted me to sign. I admitted to everything they said. 108 VV’s scar report, on file at Human Rights Watch, states that the injuries on his body are consistent with the treatment he describes. The report notes that the scars are “highly consistent with repeated beatings” and “there is a high degree of likelihood that the scars were caused by being tortured in the way described.” VV told Human Rights Watch that he managed to secure his release from detention after his uncle bribed the authorities. He managed to flee from the country using the services of a former parliamentarian who escorted him to the airport and organized assistance through immigration. 108 Human Rights Watch interview with VV, May 13, 2012. “WE WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON” 56
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