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But an investigation by the Associated Press (AP) found that more than 50 Tamil men claim they were raped, branded and tortured under the current government.
AP reviewed 32 medical and psychological evaluations and conducted interviews with 20 men in its investigation, published today.
The men said they were accused of trying to revive the Tamil Tiger rebel group and were tortured between early 2016 to as recently as July of this year.
Many have tried to kill themselves since arriving in Europe to claim asylum.
One man, known as Witness #197 (pictured above) said his captors burned him with cigarettes, kicked his chest, tried to suffocate him with a bag filled with petrol and raped him.
‘Everyone thinks of Sri Lanka as such a beautiful place, but now my head is just filled with negativity. I want to make sure that nothing like this happens to anyone else,’ he said. Full story...
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But an investigation by the Associated Press (AP) found that more than 50 Tamil men claim they were raped, branded and tortured under the current government.
AP reviewed 32 medical and psychological evaluations and conducted interviews with 20 men in its investigation, published today.
The men said they were accused of trying to revive the Tamil Tiger rebel group and were tortured between early 2016 to as recently as July of this year.
Many have tried to kill themselves since arriving in Europe to claim asylum.
One man, known as Witness #197 (pictured above) said his captors burned him with cigarettes, kicked his chest, tried to suffocate him with a bag filled with petrol and raped him.
‘Everyone thinks of Sri Lanka as such a beautiful place, but now my head is just filled with negativity. I want to make sure that nothing like this happens to anyone else,’ he said. Full story...
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