Thambipillai Thanalakshmi
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| Thambipillai Thanalakshmi | |
| Born | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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| Background |
| Sri Lanka • History of Sri Lanka |
| Origins of the Civil War |
| Origins of the Civil War Black July • Riots and pogroms Human rights • Allegations of state terror Tamil militant groups |
| LTTE |
| LTTE • Attacks • Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna |
| Current major figures |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa Velupillai Prabhakaran Karuna Amman Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sarath Fonseka |
| Indian Involvement |
| Operation Poomalai Indo-Sri Lanka Accord Indian Peace Keeping Force Rajiv Gandhi • RAW |
| See also |
| Military of Sri Lanka TMVP • EPDP Notable assassinations • Child soldiers |
Thambipillai Thanalakshmi is a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman who was 43 when she was raped in Meesalai in Jaffna in Sri Lanka on July 7, 2001. Amnesty International claimed that the Sri Lankan Army soldiers were the culprit.
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[edit] Incident
According to Amnesty International, Thanalakshmi was dragged outside her house at around 8.30pm allegedly by several soldiers. Her mother hearing her screaming came to save her but was assaulted by the perpetrators. Thanalakshmi was taken to a rice field and raped by at least three of them. The next morning relatives lodged a police complaint and police recovered part of Thanalakshmi's clothes from the rice field and a medical examination done by the medical personnel at Mantikai hospital confirmed she had been raped.[1]
[edit] Government investigation
Suspected soldiers were arrested and produced before a Magistrate on July 13, 2001. But no charges were filed as of January 28, 2002.[2][1]
[edit] See also
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