LONDON -- One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down. Another man described being abducted from home by five men, driven to a prison, and taken to a "torture room" equipped with ropes, iron rods, a bench and buckets of water. There were blood splatters on the wall. A third man described the prisoners as growing accustomed to the sound of screaming. Raped, branded or beaten repeatedly, more than 50 men from the Tamil ethnic minority seeking political asylum in Europe say they were abducted and tortured under Sri Lanka's current government. The previously unpublished accounts conjure images of the country's bloody civil war that ended in -- not the palm-fringed paradise portrayed by the government. One by one, the men agreed to tell their stories to The Associated Press and to have the extensive scars on their legs, chests and groins photographed in July and August. The AP reviewed 32 medical and psychological evaluations and conducted interviews with 20 men. The strangers say they were accused of trying to revive a rebel group on the losing side of the civil war. Although combat ended 8 years ago, the torture and abuse occurred from early to as recently as July this year.


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Trio were amongst a group of men who posted semi-naked snaps of themselves taken at Pidurangala Rock. Three men who bared their bottoms as they posed for pictures at a sacred Buddhist site in Sri Lanka have been arrested. The actions of the young Sri Lankan nationals prompted backlash from members of the online community, who branded the images an insult to the religion. Pidurangala Rock is within walking distance of the ancient Sigiriya rock fortress, a Unesco World Heritage site often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. Sri Lankan police arrested the men after a Buddhist monk logged an official complaint about the images. However, the arrests have drawn a mixed reaction on social media. While some people praised the force for taking action, others insisted that their priorities were misplaced.
Sixty cigarette burns
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