Stop-Torture-Report

The following survivors now living in different continents but gave similar
accounts of being raped by CID in Manik Farm:
“He lifted up my blouse and bra up over my chest exposing my stomach. One
man held down my legs and the other man was biting my neck. I struggled to
no avail. They started to get angry and started slapping me and kicking me in
my legs and hips and were using bad words to me. One of them pulled my skirt
and panties down on my thighs. He then started touching my vagina. He was
touching my breasts. The other man took a lit cigarette and started burning me
on the outside of my vagina. He did this two times. He forced my legs open
and raped me. He had intercourse with me for a few minutes. I do not know if
he ejaculated in me. When he was finished the other man raped me. He then
rubbed his penis on my face. He ejaculated all over my face. I still had the gag
stuffed in my mouth. When he was ejaculating on my face he was using bad
words. He was saying all LTTE and Tamils must die.”
(Witness Number Withheld for Protection Reasons)
“My pants were down to my knees as were my panties. My top had been raised
to my belly button. I noticed a lot of blood in my vaginal area. There was a lot
of pain from my vaginal area - both on the outside and deep inside of me and
in my lower abdomen and pain in my back. I also had a lot of pain in my
breasts. My bra was still under my top but it had been undone. Later I saw that
there were teeth marks on one breast but the pain was equal in both… I saw
that there were two or three other men in the room. I was still half conscious
and I do not remember what they were wearing. The men were not right next
to me and were standing up. They were speaking in Sinhalese. I could not
understand what they were saying but they were looking at me and were
laughing. Those men left and I was all alone. It took me a while to fully wake up
and be able to stand up and try and sort my clothes and hair. I walked out and
my mother was waiting for me outside the tent and helped me walk back to
our tent. She was not allowed near the main tent when I was in there. I walked
up to my mother and hugged her. I wanted to cry but I could not as there were
a lot of Tamils around and I did not want them to see me cry and think that
something bad had happened to me. In my culture, if a woman is raped we are
not treated as helpless victims and are looked down upon and shunned. Our
lives are ruined and we will have great difficulty find a new husband. Even
though I was extremely distressed, I tried not to show it.”
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