In a statement released by the NGO on Saturday, NAPM has demanded that authorities must protect the right to life in accordance with the Constitution of India and international law - including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which India is a state party. It has also said India must uphold the international standards, in particular, the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials and the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. Law enforcement officials must always apply non-violent means before resorting to the use of force, including when policing public demonstrations. They must use force with restraint, and only when it is absolutely necessary and proportional to the threat to public safety.
The NAPM statement reads: "Firearms should only be used as a last resort, and the intentional lethal use of firearms must only be employed when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life. Amnesty International India urges authorities to conduct a full, impartial and effective investigation into any possible excessive use of force by security forces in J&K, and all deaths or serious injuries caused by the use of force or firearms. All suspects, including those with command responsibility, must be prosecuted in a competent, independent and impartial civilian court."
Over last week, protesters have defied curfew regulations and held violent demonstrations. Authorities have reportedly used excessive force, including firing live ammunition, against protestors. Local residents in Ganderbal district have told journalists that two people were seriously injured on 19 June when the J&K police and paramilitary forces from the Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF) opened fire at demonstrators, some of whom were throwing stones. The police have claimed that they used pellet guns. There are also reports that the police and CRPF fired live ammunition at protesters in Qazigund and Koimoi towns in south Kashmir. Authorities have placed curfew regulations on major towns in the Kashmir Valley. On 19 July, four people were killed and forty injured in Gool, Ramban district, when paramilitary personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on protestors demonstrating against the alleged roughing up of a cleric by security forces. The BSF has stated that its forces fired in self-defence when the protestors turned violent. However eyewitnesses have said that the BSF personnel opened fire indiscriminately at protestors. The J&K police have said in a preliminary report that the firing by the BSF forces was "uncalled for" and "indiscriminate."
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