Sri Lankan army still using sexual violence, torture against Tamils: Report
A report released by Human Rights Watch also accused the British government of continuing to deport failed asylum seekers back to the country despite mounting evidence that they face the risk of being raped and tortured on their return, nearly four years after the end of civil war.
"This report is a challenge to existing UK government policy. The UK continues to deport Tamils to Sri Lanka a further charter flight is scheduled for this week despite evidence that some Tamils with alleged links to the Tamil Tigers have been tortured by the Sri Lankan authorities, following their removal from the UK," said David Mepham, the UK director of the international rights body.
"The UK should urgently revise its guidelines for assessing Tamil asylum claims, and not press ahead with removing at-risk Tamils," he added.
The Sri Lankan military has denied there had been any cases of rape or sexual harassments as described in the report.
'We Will Teach You a Lesson: Sexual Violence against Tamils by Sri Lankan Forces' runs into 141 pages and has been compiled over six years.
It provides detailed accounts of 75 cases of alleged rape and sexual abuse that occurred from 2006 to 2012 in both official and secret detention centres throughout Sri Lanka.
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