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1983 Male is born. 1990 (aged 7) Displaced. Prolonged Suffering: a typical case 1995 (aged 12) Displaced. 2005 (aged 22) Arrested. 2006 (aged 23) Forcibly recruited by LTTE. 2011 (aged 28) Deserted LTTE - tortured by Sri Lankan security forces. Hides in Sri Lanka and goes abroad. 2012 (aged 29) Rejected for asylum. Tried to go to a 3rd country but is arrested in transit & returned to Sri Lanka. 2014 (aged 31) <strong>Torture</strong>d and sexually violated in Sri Lanka by security forces. His parents are visited by security forces so feeling guilty he tries to kill himself and is hospitalised in UK.
uttons of my blouse. My breasts were exposed and even though I was so ashamed I could not mentally or physically button the rest. My entire lower skirt was soaked in blood. My long hair was totally dishevelled. To anyone, I looked like a young lady who had been raped”. (Witness 110) One witness described some of the very brutal sexual torture he endured in 2014 after he was abducted in a white van: “They took my underwear off and made me lay on the floor on my back and they took a plastic pipe about 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter and forced it up my anus. They put it in and out 2-3 times. They took a wire about l/4 inch in diameter. The one end was sharp. They forced it up my penis. I was screaming in pain. They pulled the wire out once. They took my penis and twisted like one would to wring out wet cloths. I was screaming in pain. They put petrol in a polythene bag and put it over my head. I lost consciousness.” (Witness 77) Another witness tortured in 2014 in Sri Lanka stated: “I pleaded with him to please leave me but he did not listen. He pushed me on the floor on my back. He rubbed his penis on my penis. I could not stop him as I was weak and frightened. He made me to lie on my stomach and he inserted his penis in my anus. It caused me severe pain. I screamed. I pleaded with him to leave me. He continued to thrust his penis into my anus until he reached the point of ejaculation. He turned me over and ejaculated his sperm on my face.” (Witness 36) In several cases the Tamil victim is someone who has suffered at the hands of both the LTTE and the Sri Lankan security forces. During the final phase of the war the following witness was forcibly recruited by the LTTE and when he escaped, the LTTE had arrested his father and held him until the witness agreed to return. When he went back to the LTTE, the witness was kept with his ankles shackled and chained. After surrendering to the army the witness did not identify himself as an LTTE member because he had spent only a month with the organisation and that too against his will. He was later caught and 31
Page 1 and 2: A Still Unfinished War: Sri Lanka
Page 3 and 4: Contents Executive Summary 5 Acknow
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary This report paint
Page 7 and 8: The report is based on: - 180 cases
Page 9 and 10: I.Political Context Total impunity
Page 11 and 12: Meanwhile Sri Lanka faces parliamen
Page 13 and 14: All witnesses interviewed by ITJP w
Page 15 and 16: III .Narrative 180 cases of post-wa
Page 17 and 18: the end of the war had been further
Page 19 and 20: national authorities put in place t
Page 21 and 22: apprehend the perpetrators, while c
Page 23 and 24: the case study in this report on th
Page 25 and 26: even after our report in March 2014
Page 27 and 28: extraordinary spirit of survival in
Page 29: 2014 Arbitrary Detention, Torture a
Page 33 and 34: Post Presidential Election 2015 Cas
Page 35 and 36: Media reports said a special police
Page 37 and 38: efore he had managed to desert. In
Page 39 and 40: (Witness 117) His expert medical re
Page 41 and 42: (Witness 122) On arrival in the UK
Page 43 and 44: “I am unable to sleep properly, e
Page 45 and 46: “They are trying to come to terms
Page 47 and 48: B. Identified Torture Sites, Comman
Page 49 and 50: From our evidence, it is clear that
Page 51 and 52: (Witness 70) The Forward Maintenanc
Page 53 and 54: this time because if the Government
Page 55 and 56: 8 17 47 9 2 Jaffna 14 3 1 Elephant
Page 57 and 58: Note on Iniya Bharathi’s office i
Page 59 and 60: “An army officer came to my tent
Page 61 and 62: Key to Map of Joseph Camp 1 Male In
Page 63 and 64: Joseph Camp Organisation Joseph Cam
Page 65 and 66: Sexual Torture Of the 14 witnesses
Page 67 and 68: In addition, ITJP is in possession
Page 69 and 70: A female witness saw the Major when
Page 71 and 72: “I witnessed the security forces
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Two recent media reports refer to a
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At the Embassies in some overseas c
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“There were reports that authorit
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However, in the majority of cases w
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2009 to document and keep tabs on a
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Many witnesses told us that the sec
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“In every letter my mum has menti
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to attend the opening ceremony. The
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as a result of the PM's visit, neit
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stop. The petrol bag was repeated t
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close members of her family abducte
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The Extensive Use of Informers Many
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the Tamil collaborators they encoun
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these orders. Several have given tr
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Persecution of Family Members One o
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“Around 4 people on a motorbike c
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“Military intelligence has come t
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much she had to be taken to hospita
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(Witness 91, speaking in 2015) Ther
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“Since I left Sri Lanka the CID a
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This pattern, as set out in detail
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with command responsibility as well
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Given these past experiences, UN ag
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- Interpreters of an internationall
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VI. Recommendations Call to UN Secr
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The European Union: Subject to witn
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“In Sri Lanka there is a mytholog
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