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I stayed in a bloodstained and dirty room in that house for nearly eight days. I was made to do menial work in that house. I was not sexually abused or tortured in this second detention. I got talking to someone who used to bring food into that house twice a day and learned that this was a People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam [PLOTE, a pro-government Tamil paramilitary group] camp. 133 RC’s medico legal report, on file with Human Rights Watch, notes 29 scars on her body including nine near her genitals, provide “strong support to her account of sexual abuse.” In addition, the report notes, that “her pronounced anxiety and fear match the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder.” RC told Human Rights Watch she escaped from detention with the help of a man who delivered food to the PLOTE camp. She paid an “agent” to bribe authorities and facilitate her departure from Sri Lanka in May 2010. 133 Human Rights Watch interview with RC, November 16, 2011. 83 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | FEBRUARY 2013
Name: MT Gender: Female Age: 30 Date Detained: May 2010 Date Released: June 2010 Circumstances of detention: In May 2010, MT’s husband left for India while she stayed behind with her mother and 1-year-old daughter at their home in Vavuniya. She told Human Rights Watch that someone banged at her door very loudly one day at about 3 p.m. She opened the door to find 5 or 6 men in civilian clothes. They asked her to accompany them to the police station. MT said the men told her they were police and wanted to record her statement. She left her daughter with her mother and accompanied the men to the police station. Account: As soon as we reached the police station, I was handcuffed and pushed into a cell. There were two young girls in the cell. The girls told me they were brought in that morning. Late at night, I was taken out for questioning to the duty room where two female officials in uniform were already waiting for me. They started questioning me about my husband and his links with the LTTE. I told them I did not know anything. I begged them to spare me. I was repeatedly beaten with a stick and a wire across my leg and back. After a few hours, they sent me back to the cell. Later that night, another policewoman came to the cell and told me that they would take me away to identify someone. Four officials forced me into a van. We travelled for around half an hour and arrived at a house. They pushed me inside the house and in a room that was very dirty and had no furniture. The officials brought two blindfolded men in the room. They asked me whether I had seen these men visit my husband. I did not know these men so said I did not. They took me to another room and left me there. I could hear noises outside. There were men singing songs. They sounded drunk. One man in civilian clothes came to my room. He told me that he would help me if I told him everything. I was wearing a shalwar kameez 134 and had a shawl. The official started pulling at my shawl. I moved back a little and he came closer and said, “Don’t shout. I will kill you if you shout.” He chained my handcuffs to a chair so I couldn’t move. He tore my shirt and tried to remove my shalwar. I kept shouting and crying, but he was stronger than me. He raped me. When he finished he went outside. A second official came to the room. He raped me too. The second official smoked cigarettes and he burned my breast, my inner thighs and legs. Both men beat me. They bit my breast and my thighs. It was still dark when I was brought back to the police station the next day. The official 134 Traditional dress worn by women in South Asia, comprising loose trousers and a long shirt. “WE WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON” 84
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Map of Sri Lanka
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surveillance of civil society group
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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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The Sri Lankan government declared
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Senior government officials initial
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From 1990 to 2002, Sri Lankan civil
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of women and girls. In its response
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damages. 43 The UN has reaffirmed t
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Criminal Investigation Department (
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