Sri Lanka: Information on reports of the rape of Sinhalese women by the Sri Lankan army or police due to political affiliation of their husbands to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) during the government of the United National Party (UNP)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA19179.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Information on reports of the rape of Sinhalese women by the Sri Lankan army or police due to political affiliation of their husbands to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) during the government of the United National Party (UNP), 1 January 1995, LKA19179.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0744.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on this specific subject, beyond that provided in Response to Information Request LKA18611.E of 4 October 1994, could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. That Response is available at Regional Documentation Centres.
For general information on the rape of women in Sri Lanka and the legal recourse available to them, please consult Response to Information Request LKA15743.E of 18 November 1993 and the Question and Answer series paper Women in Sri Lanka, both of which are available at Regional Documentation Centres.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Reports. Yearly. 1993, 1994.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. 1992, 1993.
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. 1992, 1993.
DIRB "Amnesty International: Sri Lanka" file. 1993 to present.
DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. "Sri Lanka." 1993 to present.
DIRB "Sri Lanka" country file. 1993 to present.
Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. September 1994. Human Rights Information Package on Sri Lanka.
_____. December 1993. Women in Sri Lanka.
Movement for Free and Fair Elections. 4 October 1994. Interim Report on the Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections of August 16, 1994.
News from Asia Watch [New York]. 1993.
Sri Lanka Information Report (INFORM). Situation Report [Colombo]. Monthly. 1993 to present.
The Sri Lanka Monitor [London]. Monthly. 1993 to present.
On-line search of media sources.
Oral sources.