Stop-Torture-Report
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“The CID visited and searched our home and burned a motor bike in the garage. They asked about me. They hit my dad with steel rod. They came a couple times and threatened them each time. The most recent time was about one year ago. My family now lives elsewhere. I do not call them because I am afraid that my call will be traced and harm will come to my family.” Witness 75 (speaking in 2015) “After I left Sri Lanka my mother and uncle were harassed and threatened. My mother was taken into custody after I went abroad and I lost contact with my mother. I could not find her. My uncle did not know where she was. I do not communicate with my uncle because of fear that I may cause problems for them with the security forces.” Witness 74 (speaking in 2015) 118
“Since I left Sri Lanka the CID and army officials have been looking for me. They visited my parent’s home on a number of occasions asking for me and then on XXXX date army officers took my father from home. My mother informed me about this only some weeks after it had happened. When I heard this in the UK, I became frustrated and desperate and felt my life was not worth living. I took an overdose and tried to jump out of the upstairs window to end my life. The people I was staying with prevented me. I was taken by ambulance to hospital. “ Witness 4 (speaking in 2014) “Last year the CID went to my house and asked my father to come for interrogation. They threatened my father and asked about me and my brother. Then he was beaten by them. A friend of the family told me what had happened. When I heard this my mental health worsened. I feel so depressed and worried and I feel guilty that my parents are suffering because of me. I wanted to end my life. In December I tried to kill myself by taking an overdose and cutting my wrist. I was taken to hospital. “ Witness 5 (speaking in 2014) “The Sri Lankan authorities arrested my father after I left. I felt so bad that everything is because of me. The security forces had visited on more than ten occasions before they arrested him – they were looking for me. Court summons came to my home twice. I felt so embarrassed. I felt so ashamed. I took an overdose of thirty or forty paracetamol.” Witness 17 (speaking in 2014) 119
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“Since I left Sri Lanka the CID and army officials have been<br />
looking for me. They visited my parent’s home on a number<br />
of occasions asking for me and then on XXXX date army<br />
officers took my father from home. My mother informed<br />
me about this only some weeks after it had happened.<br />
When I heard this in the UK, I became frustrated and<br />
desperate and felt my life was not worth living. I took an<br />
overdose and tried to jump out of the upstairs window to<br />
end my life. The people I was staying with prevented me. I<br />
was taken by ambulance to hospital. “<br />
Witness 4 (speaking in 2014)<br />
“Last year the CID went to my house and asked my father to come for<br />
interrogation. They threatened my father and asked about me and my<br />
brother. Then he was beaten by them. A friend of the family told me<br />
what had happened. When I heard this my mental health worsened. I feel<br />
so depressed and worried and I feel guilty that my parents are suffering<br />
because of me. I wanted to end my life. In December I tried to kill myself by<br />
taking an overdose and cutting my wrist. I was taken to hospital. “<br />
Witness 5 (speaking in 2014)<br />
“The Sri Lankan authorities arrested my father<br />
after I left. I felt so bad that everything<br />
is because of me. The security forces had<br />
visited on more than ten occasions before<br />
they arrested him – they were looking for me.<br />
Court summons came to my home twice. I<br />
felt so embarrassed. I felt so ashamed. I took<br />
an overdose of thirty or forty paracetamol.”<br />
Witness 17 (speaking in 2014)<br />
119
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