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Report submitted to UN suggests there has been no let-up in mistreatment of those linked with Sri Lanka rebel group Tamils during a rally denouncing genocide in Sri Lanka at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland earlier this month. Photograph: Salvatore Di Nolfi/AP The UK continues to deport Tamils seeking political asylum to Sri Lanka, despite strong evidence that the security forces systematically use torture against those suspected of dissident activity five years after the end of the country’s civil war. A new report by the Freedom From Torture advocacy group, based on medical evaluations of victims, found that many were subjected to branding and two thirds of those examined suffered rape or other sexual torture. The report, which has been submitted to the UN’s human rights committee in Geneva, suggests there...

Britain rejects rape victims’ asylum pleas   Josephine was one of the rape victims who met foreign secretary William Hague (Jake Lyell )    THE Home Office has been accused of rejecting asylum claims from African rape victims whose plight has been championed by William Hague, the foreign secretary. Almost two-thirds of women who have fled the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo — described by the United Nations as the “rape capital of the world” — have been denied sanctuary in Britain in recent years. Those who have been turned down include women who say they were raped as children by militiamen or soldiers — leading to claims from some charities that the government lacks a “joined-up” strategy.  Lees hier verder: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1335482.ece#! In verband met geldwolven die denken geld te kunnen claimen op krantenartikelen die op een blog als deze worden geplaatst maar na meestal...

   

Systematic rape of Tamils violates Genocide convention, says Prof. Boyle [TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 00:51 GMT] Professor Boyle, an expert in International Law and who represented nearly 40,000 raped Women of Bosnia and argued their case for genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, commenting on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, "Sri Lanka: Rape of Tamil detainees," said, "[c]learly, this continuing Campaign of widespread and systematic rape by the Government of Sri Lanka against the Tamils violates Article II(b) of the 1948 Genocide Convention, to which Sri Lanka is a contracting party."   lees hier de rest van het artikel: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36081 lees ook: Sexual violence against Tamils is premeditated, deliberate’: HRW UK Director [TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 06:26 GMT] Responding to a question posed by TamilNet at a Human Rights Watch press meet ...

Britain is returning Tamil refugees to be tortured in Sri Lanka Human rights groups detail evidence of failed asylum-seekers facing beatings and rape Malar Rajendran is living proof that Britain has sent people to Sri Lanka to be tortured. Today at 3:30pm, a specially chartered Border Agency flight using the call sign PVT030 will take off from an undisclosed London airport and head east towards Colombo. Those on board will include visa over-stayers, a handful of convicted criminals and dozens of terrified, predominantly Tamil refugees who fear they will be horrifically abused when they land. The government maintains that it only ever returns people it knows will be safe from harm and that failed asylum seekers on board those flights will not be ill-treated. But Mrs Rajendran knows those assurances mean little once you land in Colombo. She first fled her homeland in 2001 after she was arrested and beaten following the death of her husband, a low ranking member of the Tamil Ti...

Refugees Tough times for female asylum seekers in the UK Chances of asylum being denied are twice as high for female refugees in the UK than for males, recent research shows. The findings suggest that officials often don't believe the women's stories of rape and torture. Some refugees are forced to pick through others' waste on the street Many asylum-seekers live in 'squatter-like' conditions while waiting for the decision on their claim Many asylum-seekers refuse to have their pictures taken for fear of further persecution According to recent research by the UK-based organization Women for Refugee Women, half of the women seeking asylum in the United Kingdom have experienced torture or rape, but are refused asylum. The research indicates that women may feel too ashamed and traumatized to speak about what has happened to them si...

Published on 19 July 2012 in  Culture Ahlam Mohsen  (author) According to the U.N., sexual violence is one of the worst global protection challenges and leaves all refugee women at risk of sexual violence. A year and a half after fleeing Eritrea following the murder of her husband, 26-year-old Fatima made her way to Yemen with her one-year-old son. Surviving the dangerous sea voyage, several months in Al Kharaz refugee camp and the journey from Aden to Sana’a, Fatima was living on the streets before an Ethiopian woman took her in. It was there, on 45 Street, that her neighbor, a Yemeni man, raped her. “My son was in the room, crying. That didn’t stop him. I screamed loudly. Someone must have heard me, but no one came.” Vulnerabilities of refugees to sexual violence Refugees—those escaping war, persecution, famine or drought—often experience multiple traumatic events, from the death or separation from loved ones to the physical and often treacherous journey from hom...