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Case Study 1: Joseph Camp, Vavuniya Joseph Camp, or the Joint Operational Security Force Headquarters, is a vast garrison in the heart of Vavuniya Town. “The camp itself is in the main built up area of Vavuniya town. I knew it was Joseph Camp because I have been past before in peacetime. It is located about 350 metres from the centre of Vavuniya. It had a sign at the gate saying Joseph Camp. It was a former Air Force camp. It still had a runway for planes and helicopters. Once we got to the to the perimeter gate and bund at Joseph camp, the gate was opened up and they put a blindfold on me. It was a cloth that went over my eyes and tied behind my head. My hands were free. We drove into the camp and the vehicle came to a stop. They removed the blindfold and I saw that it was a bunker. They took me down cement steps. I was placed inside a cell with iron bars. I could hear Sinhala voices coming from somewhere in the bunker. Whoever was talking was threatening to whoever he was speaking to.” (Witness 18) 60
Key to Map of Joseph Camp 1 Male Interrogation Rooms 2 Female Interrogation Rooms 3 Military Intelligence Commander officers 4 Cells for Male Detainees Held by Military Intelligence 5 Military Intelligence Quarters 6 Major Gamage’s office 7 Cells for female Detainees Held by Military Intelligence 8 General Jegath Jayasuriya’s office 9 Quarters for Informers 61
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A Still Unfinished War: Sri Lanka
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Contents Executive Summary 5 Acknow
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Executive Summary This report paint
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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 and 30: 2014 Arbitrary Detention, Torture a
Page 31 and 32: uttons of my blouse. My breasts wer
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
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Page 59: “An army officer came to my tent
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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
Page 73 and 74: (Witness 42) Some witness were deta
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Page 81 and 82: Two recent media reports refer to a
Page 83 and 84: At the Embassies in some overseas c
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Page 89 and 90: 2009 to document and keep tabs on a
Page 91 and 92: Many witnesses told us that the sec
Page 93 and 94: “In every letter my mum has menti
Page 95 and 96: to attend the opening ceremony. The
Page 97 and 98: as a result of the PM's visit, neit
Page 99 and 100: stop. The petrol bag was repeated t
Page 101 and 102: close members of her family abducte
Page 103 and 104: The Extensive Use of Informers Many
Page 105 and 106: the Tamil collaborators they encoun
Page 107 and 108: these orders. Several have given tr
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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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