Conscripted Tamil women raped by Sri Lankan military

Tamil women, who were recently conscripted into the Sri Lankan military, were taken from Mullaitheevu to a Sri Lankan military party in Mihintale and raped on Saturday, reports Tamilnet.

After being returned to their original areas, the Tamil women’s complaints to the Sri Lankan police were ignored, whilst being belittled by the Sri Lankan military Civil Security Department (CSD).

  The CSD said that such practices by the Sri Lankan military were ‘routine,’ a sexually harassed Tamil women told TamilNet.

A total of 47 conscripted Tamil women were sexually harassed and raped by Sri Lankan military personnel.

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