Dear Muruganandan ji This is off topic and humbly request you to please dont take it further.
regards Nirmal On 16 July 2016 at 01:43, muruganandan.k <send2...@gmail.com> wrote: > an editorial from 15th July-2016 The Hindu reveals the shocking fact > that more than half of the civilians injured in Kashmir recently have > lost their eye sight since bullets were shot at their eyes. Read on: > > Learning to control crowds > 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. They call into question the changes in > standard operating procedure that were made after the violent protests > of 2010, when scores of people died, mostly to bullet injuries. A > decision had then been taken to introduce “non-lethal” pellets. But > ammunition can only be as “non-lethal” as the tactics employed. 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. A high number of the injured have suffered pellet injuries > in the eyes. For instance, in one Srinagar hospital alone, the Shri > Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, of the 87 civilians who were brought in > with injuries, about 40 had sustained pellet injuries to their eyes. > Of these, doctors concluded that 19 persons, or almost half of those > with eye injuries, may never recover their eyesight. Do the > mathematics, and a terrifying picture presents itself. The Centre has > obviously, and correctly, read the situation, and rushed a team of eye > specialists to the Valley. But the tragically excessive loss of life, > limb and sight this month must force a serious rethink on how > policemen are equipped and trained to bring calm to the streets. > Pellets have been fired from 12-bore guns for riot control. These are > not long-distance weapons. Police around the world have been trained > to aim for below the knee. The idea is that the pain caused by the > pellets, usually made of metal and sometimes encased in rubber, acts > as a deterrent without maiming or causing serious life-inhibiting > injuries. Theoretically, it sounds viable. The reality that’s obtained > in Kashmir this month tells another story. It speaks to a lack of both > training and leadership. It is nobody’s case that it is an easy job to > control a violent crowd, but it is the duty of the police to do so by > causing as little injury as possible. They must ensure that the force > they use is never disproportionately excessive to the cause of action. > In the heat of the moment, there was a clear lack of restraint, > evident in the numbers injured by the spray of pellets. Even as the > best medical care is now sought to be provided, a more holistic > healing must be expeditiously administered. It has to be a political > exercise. This week of violence must also end with the assurance that > the security forces have learnt important lessons — the most important > among them being the adoption of more humane measures for crowd > control > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
