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Name: AR Gender: Male Age: 30 Date Detained: February 2010 Date Released: March 2010 Circumstances of detention: Towards the end of February 2010, AR went to register his residency at the police station in Welawatte, in Colombo. AR told Human Rights Watch he had recently returned from the UK and was moving in with his aunt and uncle in Colombo. Account: When I gave my details at the police station, I was asked to wait. After some time, the policemen took me out and pushed me into a van. I was blindfolded and my hands were tied behind my back. I was kicked and punched on the way. When the van stopped, I was taken to a room. I was stripped naked and questioned about my links with the LTTE and my activities abroad. I was severely tortured during my interrogation. I was burned on my back with cigarettes and was thrashed with a hot metal rod. I was raped and sexually abused many times. The interrogators kept asking me about my role within the LTTE and my relationship with an individual named XX [name withheld]. Unable to take any more torture, I agreed to their charges and told them I was a member of the LTTE. They forced me to sign a confession in Sinhala, and took my fingerprints. They forced me to agree to become an informer. 132 AR’s medico legal report, on file with Human Rights Watch, notes that he is suffering from complex post traumatic disorder and major depressive disorder compounded by his rape.” AR told Human Rights Watch he was released from detention in early March 2010 after his family managed to bribe the police. 132 Human Rights Watch interview with AR, December 10, 2011. 81 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | FEBRUARY 2013
Name: RC Gender: Female Age: 30 Date Detained: February 2010 Date Released: May 2010 Circumstances of detention: One day in mid-February 2010, RC was at her home in Kondavil, Jaffna when, at about 11 p.m., a white van stopped outside. Five men in civilian clothes entered her house after jumping over the boundary wall of the house. Two of the men grabbed her and dragged her out to the van. RC told Human Rights Watch she was pushed into the van. She was then gagged, handcuffed, and blindfolded. The van drove for about 15 minutes and stopped; she was dragged out and taken into a room in a building. Account: I was kicked and beaten. They beat my legs with a rifle. They told me, “You dance with these legs for LTTE. We will break your legs.” They knew that I worked for the cultural wing of the LTTE. I told them I did not support the LTTE but they kept beating me. When they left they opened my blindfold. The room was dark and smelled dusty. The next day, one senior army official and some other people came to see me. They fingerprinted me, took my photograph, and asked me to sign two blank sheets of paper. I refused to sign. They started beating me with the back of a rifle. I was very scared and signed the paper. They left after that. That night, the senior officer returned to my room. He smelled drunk. He locked the door from inside. He removed his clothes. He came close to me and started licking my face and my body. He spoke broken Tamil. He called me “cow” and said I must have good milk. I kept trying to push him away. At one time I managed to push him away. He grabbed me again. He tried to kiss me. When I wouldn’t allow him that, he bit my lips. He told me he would rape me. He was very angry with me. He pushed me on the ground, kicking and beating me. He was swearing at me in Sinhala. I did not understand anything else. He tore my clothes off and raped me. I lost consciousness. I did not see him leave the room. The following night two other men came to my room. They blindfolded me and forced me into a van. We drove for a very long time. When we stopped they removed my blindfold and I saw a derelict house surrounded by some trees and a compound. I was taken into a room where a group of men in civilian clothes were present. They started questioning me about my involvement with the LTTE. They took my photograph and fingerprints. They beat me with a rifle. “WE WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON” 82
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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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