Sri Lanka's men face rape a decade after civil war: study
Sri Lankan President President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in January 2015 with strong backing from Tamils, who bore the brunt of the bloody conflict Government soldiers in 2009 inspect a civil war battle zone Colombo (AFP) Men in Sri Lanka are being raped in custody nearly a decade after the civil war, when sexual assault was routinely used to torture detained Tamils, a report said Wednesday. The rape of men and boys remains widespread but unreported, with victims unwilling to come forward due to social stigma and laws criminalising same-sex relations, the All Survivors Project said in its report. Rape was rife during Sri Lanka's 37-year civil war, but unlike cases involving women there has been little official record or acknowledgement of men being abused by their captors. At least 100,000 people were killed during the separatist war between government forces and rebels from the Tamil Tigers group, with atrocities recorded by both sides. ...