Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka (original) (raw)

Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka has occurred repeatedly during the island's long ethnic conflict. The first instances of rape of Tamil women by Sinhalese mobs were documented during the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom. This continued in the 1960s with the deployment of the Sri Lankan Army in Jaffna, who were reported to have molested and occasionally raped Tamil women. Further rapes of Tamil women were carried out by Sinhalese mobs during the 1977, 1981 and 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms. Tamil refugees who fled to India have also been victims of frequent rape and sex slavery by .