This report details the dimensions, nature, and technologies of violence and physical infliction of pain used by Indian forces and police in Kashmir and against Kashmiris.
Topics: arbitrary and excessive use of force, psychological injury, government intervention, lack of relief, violation of domestic and international law, impunity
Terms: pellet-firing shotguns, protest, information blackout, lockdown, J&K State Police, police action, blinding, visual impairment, trauma, illegal and unrecorded arrests, courts, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)
Pellet firing shotguns have been Indian forces' weapons of choice in Kashmir since 2010, maiming people and creating an epidemic blindness. According to a recent UN human rights report, between mid-2016 and the end of 2018, 1253 civilians were blinded by Indian forces firing shotgun pellets.
September 2019
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