Kashmir unrest: Doctors bandage an eye to protest use of pellet guns
8 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir unrest: Doctors bandage an eye to protest use of pellet guns

Firstpost  

Doctors of the Government Medical College covered an eye with bandage to protest the use of pellet guns against protesters in Kashmir Valley. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had disapproved use of pellet guns by government forces last month and sought a report from the Centre on handling of the “lethal weapons by untrained personnel”. Hope it is reviewed,” a division bench comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar said while hearing a plea on the rampant use of pellet guns in the Valley following a unrest that began on 8 July. Ironically the Director General of CRPF Durga Prasad triggered a fresh controversy by equating pellet-blinding with “wife-beating.” When asked by a newspaper, when CRPF would stop using pellet guns in Kashmir, Prasad was quoted saying: “It’s like asking when would you stop beating your wife.” Sajad Khanday, another doctor at the protest venue, said that despite concerns of doctors from the Valley and outside, the government has been unable to stop the rampant use of pellet guns, and the hospitals continue to receive patients with pellet injuries from different parts of Kashmir.

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Police disperse Muslim procession in Kashmir with pellets and tear gas, injuring scores
4 years, 6 months ago

Police disperse Muslim procession in Kashmir with pellets and tear gas, injuring scores

The Independent  

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Kashmir residents contend with pellet guns and restrictions
5 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir residents contend with pellet guns and restrictions

CNN  

Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir CNN — When the Indian government stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and reclassified it as a union territory earlier this month, it left many citizens there in a state of confusion and concern. On August 12, the state government said in a statement that demonstrations against the removal of Article 370 were …

Centre dismisses Kashmir protests after Article 370 as 'stray incidents' but rising number of pellet injuries tells a different tale
5 years, 7 months ago

Centre dismisses Kashmir protests after Article 370 as 'stray incidents' but rising number of pellet injuries tells a different tale

Firstpost  

Twenty year old, Suhail Basheer Mir, has been left with a blurred vision after he was hit by a volley of pellets fired by the government forces in Rainwari area of Srinagar last Friday during a demonstration against the revocation of Article 370 Editor’s note: Owing to communications restrictions in Kashmir, this article is not accompanied by photographs of victims …

Kashmir: ‘Non-Lethal’ Crowd-Control Has Killed 24, Blinded 139
5 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir: ‘Non-Lethal’ Crowd-Control Has Killed 24, Blinded 139

The Quint  

Over 100,000 tear gas canisters and almost 50,000 rounds of chilli spray have been used in over 4,000 incidents of stone-pelting in different parts of Kashmir since 2010, a senior security official who did not wish to be named told IndiaSpend. Human rights organisations such as Amnesty International have expressed outrage over the crowd control methods used in Kashmir and …

Pellet guns in Kashmir: Cases of injuries to youths continue to be reported, but authorities say use of weapon on the decline
5 years, 10 months ago

Pellet guns in Kashmir: Cases of injuries to youths continue to be reported, but authorities say use of weapon on the decline

Firstpost  

Top police officials have said that the use of pellet guns has decreased as the intensity of protests has also declined in southern Kashmir. “I was just standing on the road when the forces fired pellets,” said a teenager, Showkat Ahmad Dar, who received pellet injuries to his torso. International human rights group Amnesty International has described the use of …

‘It Is Life And Death Issue’ SC Tells Centre To Find Alternate Of Pellet Guns To Control Mob In J&K
8 years ago

‘It Is Life And Death Issue’ SC Tells Centre To Find Alternate Of Pellet Guns To Control Mob In J&K

Live Law  

Concerned over injuries suffered by minors due to use of pellet guns by Armed forces for their involvement in protests in the Kashmir Valley, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar’s bench has told the Centre to find an alternative solution to control them, observing that “it is life and death issue”.The bench asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to file a …

Kashmir: Increasing number of pellet guns is a policy of militarisation, not politics of resolution
8 years ago

Kashmir: Increasing number of pellet guns is a policy of militarisation, not politics of resolution

Firstpost  

The Union Home Ministry’s decision to authorise Central Reserve Police Force to procure additional 5000 pellet guns with whooping six lakh cartridges to be used on Kashmiri protesters would only “aggravate the situation” in Valley, noted human rights activists and academicians said. Srinagar: The Union Home Ministry’s decision to authorise Central Reserve Police Force to procure additional 5000 pellet guns …

Kashmir unrest: Modified pellet guns to prevent eye injuries, says CRPF chief General K Durga Prasad
8 years, 1 month ago

Kashmir unrest: Modified pellet guns to prevent eye injuries, says CRPF chief General K Durga Prasad

Firstpost  

With pellet guns leaving hundreds of protesters in Jammu and Kashmir with severe eye injuries, a modified version of the weapon will now be used to ward off any protest ahead or during any anti-militancy operations. New Delhi: With pellet guns leaving hundreds of protesters in Jammu and Kashmir with severe eye injuries, a modified version of the weapon will …

Pellet Guns Cannot Be Used Indiscriminately: SC
8 years, 3 months ago

Pellet Guns Cannot Be Used Indiscriminately: SC

Live Law  

“All that we want is an assurance that pellet guns will not be used indiscriminately or excessively in the state and will be resorted to after proper application of mind”, a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur.In a boost to campaign against use of pellet guns by security forces, the Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal filed by …

Kashmir unrest: Try not to use pellet guns, Mehbooba tells security forces
8 years, 3 months ago

Kashmir unrest: Try not to use pellet guns, Mehbooba tells security forces

Deccan Chronicle  

Lethpora: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked security forces to restrain themselves from using pellet guns and differentiate between stone-pelters/militants and their families, while noting that force was used to deal with law and order in the Valley during the recent unrest. She said security forces have to differentiate between offenders like militants and stone-pelters and …

Pellets fired to quell protests blind hundreds of Kashmiris
8 years, 3 months ago

Pellets fired to quell protests blind hundreds of Kashmiris

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Indian authorities call the shotgun shells filled with hundreds of small metal pellets a “non-lethal” weapon for crowd control, but that does not make them harmless. Health officials say that in the past five months more than 6,000 people, mostly young men, have been injured by shotgun pellets, including hundreds blinded in one or both eyes. Police …

‘I will be back’: Hope floats for Kashmir’s pellet victims as pain lessens
8 years, 3 months ago

‘I will be back’: Hope floats for Kashmir’s pellet victims as pain lessens

Hindustan Times  

It had been three days since violence had broken out in Kashmir following the killing of militant leader Burhan Wani. Insha became the global face of Kashmir’s pellet woes – hundreds of people who were blinded or maimed by pellet guns used by security forces to manage crowds. Insha Mushtaq is helped by her mother to move around the house …

Blind in Kashmir with 100 pellets lodged in his head
8 years, 3 months ago

Blind in Kashmir with 100 pellets lodged in his head

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – Danish Rajab, 24, used to work as a marketing executive for a company selling dairy products in the city of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir. The Kashmir valley has seen violent protests break out, triggered by the death of popular rebel militant commander, Burhan Wani on July 9. The current unrest in the valley – which continues …

Kashmir’s pellet nightmare continues as 7 injured in clashes, 3 girls blinded
8 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir’s pellet nightmare continues as 7 injured in clashes, 3 girls blinded

Hindustan Times  

Three young girls in Kashmir are the latest victims of pellets after security forces opened fire on stone pelters in the southern district of Pulwama on Monday. Several people were injured on Monday after government forces fired pellets and tear gas during clashes between troops and stone-pelting protesters in Pulwama, southern Kashmir. Read | Fresh protests rock Kashmir after 13-year-old …

More than a hundred days later
8 years, 5 months ago

More than a hundred days later

The Hindu  

“I was hit by pellets in my eyes while returning home from namaz,” said Majid Ali Sheik, a 16-year-old boy from Kupwara, at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar. I was not part of the protest.” The unrest in Kashmir has crossed a hundred days since the killing of Burhan Wani, a “commander” of the Hizbul Mujahideen, by …

More than a hundred days later
8 years, 5 months ago

More than a hundred days later

The Hindu  

“I was hit by pellets in my eyes while returning home from namaz,” said Majid Ali Sheik, a 16-year-old boy from Kupwara, at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar. I was not part of the protest.” The unrest in Kashmir has crossed a hundred days since the killing of Burhan Wani, a “commander” of the Hizbul Mujahideen, by …

The doctors treating Kashmiris blinded by pellets
8 years, 5 months ago

The doctors treating Kashmiris blinded by pellets

Al Jazeera  

Two Kashmiri doctors describe treating pellet injuries and share their fears for the future of their patients. Al Jazeera: How many people have been treated here with eye injuries from pellet guns since July 9? Al Jazeera: How are pellet injuries different from other foreign objects entering the human eye? Pellet guns against protesters Indian security forces don’t use pellet …

Anti-India clashes erupt in Kashmir city after boy's killing
8 years, 5 months ago

Anti-India clashes erupt in Kashmir city after boy's killing

ABC  

Indian forces fired shotgun pellets and tear gas as thousands carried the body of a young boy killed during an anti-India protest in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Police and paramilitary soldiers fired warning shots, pellets and tear gas, fearing the procession could become a larger rally seeking an end of Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region, said …

Despite injuries, Kashmir pellet victims stay defiant, yearn for ‘azadi’
8 years, 6 months ago

Despite injuries, Kashmir pellet victims stay defiant, yearn for ‘azadi’

Hindustan Times  

Young men with dark glasses to cover their dead eyes lie on beds and stare blankly into the horizon. Pellet guns, a “non-lethal” weapon used for crowd control in Kashmir, has killed at least eight and maimed thousands in the ongoing unrest that was sparked by the killing of insurgent leader Burhan Wani in July. We were returning home after …

Indian Police Injure Thousands Of Kashmiri Protesters With Pellet Guns
8 years, 6 months ago

Indian Police Injure Thousands Of Kashmiri Protesters With Pellet Guns

NPR  

Indian Police Injure Thousands Of Kashmiri Protesters With Pellet Guns KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the Indian-administered state of Kashmir, a piece of ammunition that's not much bigger than a seed has come to signify a summer of unrest. In the main city of Srinagar, NPR's Julie McCarthy visited the hospital where doctors are treating the most serious eye injuries. JULIE …

Kashmir unrest: Rajnath Singh gives nod for use of PAVA shells for mob control
8 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir unrest: Rajnath Singh gives nod for use of PAVA shells for mob control

Firstpost  

Use of chilli-filled grenades as an alternative to pellet guns, which will be used in rarest of rare cases, was cleared today by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for crowd control ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation led by him to restive Kashmir on Sunday. New Delhi: Use of chilli-filled grenades as an alternative to pellet guns, which …

Alternatives to pellet guns were approved in 2012, acquisitions never happened
8 years, 6 months ago

Alternatives to pellet guns were approved in 2012, acquisitions never happened

India TV News  

Alternatives to pellet guns were approved in 2012, acquisitions never happened Scores of youngsters left visually impaired in the unrest in the Kashmir Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 could have been saved, had the erstwhile government led by Scores of youngsters left visually impaired in the unrest in the Kashmir Valley following …

Kashmir unrest: Pellet guns to be used in “rarest of rare cases”, govt panel suggests chilli-filled grenades as alternative
8 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir unrest: Pellet guns to be used in “rarest of rare cases”, govt panel suggests chilli-filled grenades as alternative

India TV News  

Pellet guns, which the security forces use for crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir, will not be completely banned but will be fired in “rarest of rare cases”, an expert panel set up to find a ‘non-lethal alternative’ to the debatable weapon has suggested. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, during his two-day visit to Kashmir last week, had said an alternative …

Pellet guns are here to stay; committee suggests alternatives
8 years, 6 months ago

Pellet guns are here to stay; committee suggests alternatives

The Hindu  

The Union government is not in favour of >completely withdrawing the use of pellet guns in the Kashmir Valley, but their use will be regulated, according to two senior government officials. As reported by The Hindu on August 21, the committee was exploring various options like enhancing the intensity of tear gas shells, using chilli powder and rubber bullets in …

Pellets leave 3,000 injured in Kashmir
8 years, 7 months ago

Pellets leave 3,000 injured in Kashmir

The Hindu  

Around 51 per cent of the 5,800 civilians injured in Kashmir in the ongoing violence were hit by pellets and most of them were in constituencies represented by the ruling People's Democratic Party in south Kashmir. Official data relating to 45 days of street violence in Kashmir, procured by The Hindu from 10 districts, showed that around 3,000 civilians were …

Kashmir: Hundreds suffer eye injuries from pellet guns
8 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir: Hundreds suffer eye injuries from pellet guns

Al Jazeera  

Patients seek treatment in Indian-administered Kashmir after being hit by pellet guns as officials try to calm tensions. Pellet guns have been widely used to quell protests in Kashmir that erupted after a popular rebel commander, Burhan Wani, was killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces last month. The Central Reserve Police Force, an Indian paramilitary unit, told …

'Let pellets not haunt Kashmir,' Kashmiri student pleads to CPM MLA
8 years, 7 months ago

'Let pellets not haunt Kashmir,' Kashmiri student pleads to CPM MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Soon after CPM leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami’s lecture on Kashmir here the other day, a boy came up to him and made an earnest request. The 20-year-old student who preferred anonymity said he was witnessing the serious injuries caused by pellet guns. Pellet guns were introduced as non lethal option following 2010 Kashmir unrest when stone pelting mobs took …

A ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ poster wakes world to pellet blind spot
8 years, 7 months ago

A ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ poster wakes world to pellet blind spot

The Hindu  

Sharmila Tagore and Shammi Kapoor’s musical shikara romance mesmerized audiences in Kashmir Ki Kali five decades ago. It is one more artistic protest to focus the world’s attention on the effect of small pellets fired by security forces from crowd-control guns that is leaving people blind. “My attempt to recreate the poster, where Sharmila Tagore is hit in one eye …

Kashmir unrest: NC protests against govt's response, demands ban on pellet guns
8 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir unrest: NC protests against govt's response, demands ban on pellet guns

Firstpost  

National Conference on Monday took out a rally protesting the government’s handling of the situation in the Kashmir Valley and demanding that the use of pellet guns by security forces as a crowd control measure be stopped immediately. Srinagar: National Conference on Monday took out a rally protesting the government’s handling of the situation in the Kashmir Valley and demanding …

Kashmir unrest: Opposition corners govt over PM’s silence, demands start of political process
8 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir unrest: Opposition corners govt over PM’s silence, demands start of political process

India TV News  

Demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response on the ongoing unrest in Kashmir that has claimed over 50 lives, the Opposition led by Congress in Rajya Sabha today demanded initiation of a political process to defuse the crisis that has led to an unprecedented 30 days of curfew across the Valley. "Our remaining silent is deepening the alienation of the Kashmiris," …

Another Kashmiri protester succumbs to pellets
8 years, 7 months ago

Another Kashmiri protester succumbs to pellets

The Hindu  

The pellet gun is again in the spotlight as another protester succumbed to injuries on Monday, pushing the death toll in the month-long protests up to 58, even as curfew and security restrictions continue to remain in place across the Valley. Amir Bashir Lone, 17, a resident of Shopian district, died late on Sunday night after pellets lodged in his …

Expert team formed to explore alternatives to pellet guns
8 years, 8 months ago

Expert team formed to explore alternatives to pellet guns

The Hindu  

The government has constituted an expert team headed by a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs to explore possible alternatives to pellet guns. Besides Joint Secretary T V S N Prasad, who will head the team, the other members are Atul Karwal, IG, CRPF, Srinagar; Rajeev Krishna, IG, BSF; Rajesh Kumar of the J&K Police; Tushar Tripathy of …

Kashmir unrest: It is naïve to think that cops can do away with pellet guns in the Valley
8 years, 8 months ago

Kashmir unrest: It is naïve to think that cops can do away with pellet guns in the Valley

Firstpost  

Pellet guns were introduced into the Jammu and Kashmir Police in 2010 during the Omar Abdullah government. A senior police officer recently told Reuters that security forces are forced to use pellet guns at close range to protect themselves against mob attacks. Whatever alternatives we choose, it would be naïve to do away with pellet guns completely unless we want …

Govt to reconsider pellet gun use in Kashmir: Rajnath Singh
8 years, 8 months ago

Govt to reconsider pellet gun use in Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

Live Mint  

New Delhi/Srinagar: India plans to reconsider the use of pellet guns by security forces when controlling crowds, its home minister said on Thursday, after widespread resort to the weapons caused multiple casualties and stirred public anger. Home minister Rajnath Singh told lawmakers the government would set up a panel to look for an alternative to the pellet gun in response …

In Kashmir, pellet gun victims are as young as 4 years
8 years, 8 months ago

In Kashmir, pellet gun victims are as young as 4 years

Hindustan Times  

Children continue to get maimed by the wanton use of pellet guns by government forces in Kashmir. Indian Kashmiri girl Insha Malik, 14, lays unconscious in a hospital bed after being shot with pellets fired by Indian security forces, with doctors saying she had lost vision in both eyes, in the surgical ICU hospital in Srinagar on July 14. The …

Pellet guns in Kashmir: Is it right to use this non-lethal weapon that can blind forever?
8 years, 8 months ago

Pellet guns in Kashmir: Is it right to use this non-lethal weapon that can blind forever?

Firstpost  

At Kashmir’s main hospital, SMHS, there are over 120 people who have are being treated for pellet injuries and a large number of them can’t see forever, said Nisar Ul Hassan, medical consultant at the facility. At Kashmir’s main hospital, SMHS, there are over 120 people who have are being treated for pellet injuries and a large number of them …

Editorial on Jammu and Kashmir violent clashes: Learning to control crowds
8 years, 8 months ago

Editorial on Jammu and Kashmir violent clashes: Learning to control crowds

The Hindu  

With the death toll rising to at least 38 in the clashes in the Kashmir Valley, the brutal crowd-control tactics of the police have come under the spotlight. And it is evident that the security forces have failed to exercise enough restraint, given the nature of injuries sustained by many young men and women. For instance, in one Srinagar hospital …

Kashmiri doctors lament injuries by pellets in protests
8 years, 8 months ago

Kashmiri doctors lament injuries by pellets in protests

Al Jazeera  

Kashmiri doctors have lamented the use of pellet-firing shotguns on protesters after more than 100 people suffered grievous injuries to their eyes in a weekend of ferocious violence following the killing of rebel leader Burhan Wani. Doctors said that security forces had been deliberately using rubber pellets to inflict maximum physical and psychological damage on protesters without risking further fatalities. …

Pellet guns cause severe eye injuries in Kashmir
8 years, 8 months ago

Pellet guns cause severe eye injuries in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – Despite appeals by rights groups to stop the practice, Indian armed forces have continued to use pellet guns to quell protesters, injuring at least 100 people in the recent violence that broke out in Indiand-administered Kashmir. Inside the capital Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital, doctors told Al Jazeera that they had performed 100 eye surgeries …

19 men injured by pellets may lose vision
8 years, 8 months ago

19 men injured by pellets may lose vision

The Hindu  

Every 45 minutes, an ambulance with injured persons arrives at the Sri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital. But since the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani triggered unrest across Kashmir, the police and the paramilitary forces have severely injured over 100 protesters with pellet guns. Pellet guns meant to avoid fatalities After Kashmir’s summer unrest of 2010 which claimed …

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