38.
In the instant case, in support of her claims, the Applicant attached four
statements to the initial application, namely: from the Applicant; from Mr.
Gbessy Thomas Jusu; from Mr. Abu Bakarr Kallay and from Dr. Daniel
Lavalie, as shown in Exhibits 1, 2 and doc. 3, the contents of which are as
if hereby reproduced in seriatim.
59.
It should
be noted that the Applicant describes the facts, stating in
particular that several young men took her and her relatives hostage,
brutally raped her in the presence of her children and relatives; that after
the rape, they dragged her on the ground and took her to the village of
Nyanyahun, where she was rescued.
60.
The Applicant alleged that she reported the incident to the police; that she
sought medical attention, that doctors had to remove her uterus to save her
life and that there has been no effective investigation to date.
61.
It should also be noted that paragraph 17 of the statement by Mr. Gbessy
Thomas Jusu states that “We even took her medical reports to the police,
but they still didn’t conduct any investigation.” (See Exhibit no. 2, the
contents of which are as if hereby reproduced in seriatim).
62.
Furthermore, paragraph 37 of the Applicant's statement avers that “The
police gave me some papers to take to the hospital.” (See Exhibit 1, the the
contents of which are as if hereby reproduced in seriatim).
63.
The sworn statements of the Applicant Satta Lamin Banya, Mr. Abu Bakarr
Kallay, [Project Coordinator at the Centre for Accountability and Rule of
Law (CARL), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone,
which is a local partner of the Institute for Human Rights and Development
in Africa IHRDA)],
recover
the
medical
and Dr. Daniel Lavalie, show that all attempts to
and
police
reports
were
unsuccessful,
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