{"id":16473,"date":"2020-09-05T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=16473"},"modified":"2020-09-05T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T09:25:13","slug":"india-using-pellet-guns-to-maim-blind-kill-in-kashmir-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/16473","title":{"rendered":"\u2018India using pellet guns to maim, blind, kill\u2019 in Kashmir valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian forces are \u201cmaiming, blinding, and killing people\u201d in Kashmir as they continue to defy international norms by using pellet guns as a means of crowd control, global watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime and again, Indian law enforcement\u2019s use of [pellet] shotguns in Kashmir has resulted in shocking, grievous injuries of protesters and bystanders,\u201d Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at HRW, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The weapon causes \u201cindiscriminate and excessive injury\u201d and violates international standards and laws such as the UN\u2019s Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation came in the wake of intense pellet firing on a procession in Srinagar, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, last week, which left at least six people with severe injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndian leaders who claim that their policies are improving the lives of Kashmiris cannot disregard that security forces are maiming, blinding, and killing people,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>HRW said pellets fired from shotguns have caused thousands of injuries, including loss of eyesight, in the decade since Indian authorities first deployed them in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c International law bars any use of force, including against violent protesters, that causes indiscriminate or unnecessary harm,\u201d the HRW statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing figures sourced from data journalism of Indian website, HRW said pellets blinded 139 Kashmiris between July 2016 and February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over 6,200 people were wounded by pellets 782 with eye injuries between July 2016 and February 2017, according to Mehbooba Mufti, former chief minister of the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Indian government should cease the use of shotguns firing metal pellets and review its crowd control techniques to meet international standards,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA Indian forces are \u201cmaiming, blinding, and killing people\u201d in Kashmir as they continue to defy international norms by using pellet guns as a means of crowd control, global watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday. \u201cTime and again, Indian law enforcement\u2019s use of [pellet] shotguns in Kashmir has resulted in shocking, grievous injuries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16474,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473\/revisions\/16474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}