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III .Narrative
180 cases of post-war torture: The findings in this report are based on 115
witness statements recorded by ITJP (and the corroboration thereof) of postwar
torture and/or sexual violence against unarmed young Tamils detained by
the security forces in Sri Lanka, including cases that occurred after 8 January
2015. In addition, we have considered statements and other supporting
evidence (medical legal reports and/or photographs) regarding 65 other cases
of torture and/or sexual violence that occurred post-war in Sri Lanka. These 65
statements did not contradict the 110 statements and indeed, were consistent
with them.
An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka 2009-14
In March 2014, we documented on-going torture and sexual violence in Sri
Lanka for a ground breaking report, An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual
Violence in Sri Lanka 2009-14 7 . It was based on 40 lengthy detailed sworn
statements from Tamil survivors in the UK, all of whom stated they had been
repeatedly tortured and sexually abused while detained by various branches of
the security forces of the Government of Sri Lanka. All statements were found
credible by our experienced international war crimes and sexual abuse
investigators. Almost all of these sworn statements were corroborated by the
physical scarring on the witnesses’ bodies and other residual and permanent
physical disabilities. Almost all of their accounts were corroborated by the
examination of and resulting medical legal reports of international medical
experts with a peer recognised special expertise in assessing the legitimacy of
claims of refugees from many countries in the world, including Sri Lanka, of
torture and/or sexual abuse. Several of their examinations and medical legal
reports were done pro bono.
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