Victim would lose consciousness for hours or even days. The Victim reported that she was also raped while intoxicated. 11. The Complainants submit that the Victim escaped from her captors on the evening of 18 October 2017, and hid overnight at a bus station nearby. The following day, she looked for the Kenya High Commission in Namibia and on enquiry from a person on the street, was advised to ask for directions from the Police Station. 12. According to the Complainants, on the basis of that advice the Victim located the nearest Police Station which was the Central Police Station in Windhoek (the Central Police Station). On arrival, the Victim informed the Police Officer at the reception that she was a victim of trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation, who had been trafficked into Namibia from Kenya for purposes of forced prostitution. The Complainants state that the Victim was interrogated by the Police and threatened with criminal sanctions. She asked to be taken to the Kenya High Commission, but the request was refused. 13. The Complainants allege that at the Central Police Station, the Victim was physically assaulted by the Police Officers for mentioning names of persons who were involved in her exploitation, who were of local descent or Police Officers. The Complainants further allege that the Victim was detained at the Central Police Station before being moved to Klein Windhoek Police Station, a detention center for illegal immigrants arrested in Windhoek. On arrival, the Victim was put in handcuffs and was made to sit on the floor the entire night. ., 14. The Complainants submit that on 20 October 2017, the Victim was transferred from Klein Windhoek Police Station to a shelter for abused women. At the shelter, the Victim again requested to be taken to the Kenya High Commission, to no avail. Still traumatized by the violence and accusations made by the Namibian Police, and in a bid to find the Kenya High Commission, the Victim ran away from the shelter on the same day and arrived at the High Commission at around 05:30pm. The Complainants state that the offices w ere closed and the security guards outside the building advised her to seek h elp from the City Police. The Victim approached the City Police who took her back to Klein Windhoek Police Station, where she was de · :ecI 1a& . · legal . ' ' . d ' ,.,.. ',{ C~fl ◄ .q1 1mnugrant awaiting eportation. /, 1• ~ .. "i ,,~ > 1{. " ~ '--'' 15. The Complainants further state that from 20 October 2017, u p l r ~fl.~ fr~ Namibia, the Victim remained in custody without an explana £r m;1iJt offi the reasons for her detention or the investigation being under r c1t ~~W g this period, she was in urgent need of medical care for a pelvic · n;thc6w-..: v , no ~I: n oes 11tJ"~ 3

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