India police used excessive force during protests: Amnesty

Police used excessive force during Delhi protests: Amnesty

Amnesty said witness testimony and visual evidence it had verified confirmed the use of “pellet-firing shotguns, tear gas launchers, grenades, batons and electric shock devices against protesters” in Delhi, Bihar

Amnesty accuses Indian police of excessive force against youth protesters

NEW DELHI, AUg 24 — Indian police used excessive force, including electric shock devices and pellet guns, against youth-led protests that forced the education minister to resign last month, Amnesty International said today. A report from the rights’ group clashes with the police account that force was used only after protesters turned violent, and comes after India’s Supreme Court set up a panel on Thursday to investigate violence by both police…

India: New investigation documents unlawful and deadly force against CJP-led protests amid ongoing police impunity

One month after Indian police deployed unlawful and deadly force against peaceful protesters at the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led “Chalo Sansad” march, not a single officer in Delhi has been held accountable, Amnesty International said today as it published a new digital investigation documenting the police response to the protests. Witness testimony and video and […] The post India: New investigation documents unlawful and deadly force again…

India police used excessive force during protests: Amnesty

A report from the rights' group clashes with the police account that force was used only after protesters turned violent, and comes after India's Supreme Court set up a panel on Thursday to investigate violence by both police and demonstrators. Demonstrations in the capital New Delhi, triggered by the leak of the national medical entrance test, turned violent on July 20 when thousands of protesters attempted to march towards parliament. Amnesty …