Stop-Torture-Report

In addition, ITJP is in possession of the names and photographs of the officer in
overall command of military intelligence at Joseph Camp, and his deputy at
the relevant times.
Rapist Identified
A witness who was gang raped in Manik Farm camp in 2009 identified one of
the captains in the military intelligence team based at Joseph Camp as one of
her four rapists. He was in military uniform at the time. We have his name and
his entire career history as he rose from cadet officer to second lieutenant to
Military Intelligence Corps and then was promoted to the rank of temporary
captain and then temporary Major. In addition he passed a Sri Lankan Foreign
Service Training Institute diplomacy course. We also have the alleged rapist’s
photograph and mobile telephone number.
In this case the witness reported that initially the interrogators started
touching her breasts through her clothes and insulting her. When she
complained they threatened to send her to a rehabilitation camp for many
years if she did not cooperate.
In this aspect, her account matches testimony from an insider witness who said
it was standard practice among his colleagues in the security forces who visited
Manik Farm and identified pretty girls to threaten rehabilitation or rape.
The same female witness describes how she felt after being raped by the four
interrogators on that particular occasion, though she was later raped and
tortured by other men:
“I was totally naked. I felt pain in my body. I did not know what I should do so I
screamed. The man standing beside me reached down and placed his hand
over my mouth. I was helpless. I was crying and I could not even cry for help.
He told me to shut up. He used bad words and said that “if you scream again
we will kill you”. He said that I was not to tell anyone of my interrogation and
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