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"AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT CONTINUING REPORTS OF DEATHS IN CUSTODY AND OF EXTRA JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS. IN APRIL IT PUBLISHED INDIA: SOPORE - A CASE STUDY OF EXTRA JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, WHICH APPEALED TO THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. IN OCTOBER AMNESTY INTERNATIONALS CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLINGS BY THE BSF OF 51 PEOPLE IN SRINAGAR AND BIJBEHARA".

Amnesty International, Annual report 1994 (Page 159)

"Amnesty International says at least 53 men and women were killed by the BSF which went on a rampage setting fire to houses and looting shops. The killings were part of a consistent pattern of extra judicial executions, often involving innocent civilians which has developed since early 1990. Amnesty must collect its data from other agencies because it is banned from entering the state".

Shyam Bhatia, The Indonesian Observer Jakarta, 15 Jul. 93

"Extra judicial executions in Jammu and Kashmir continued throughout the year. Fifty one people were arbitrarily shot dead in Srinagar and Bijbehara on 22 October, most by the BSF, during an apparently peaceful protest against an army siege of the Hazratbal shrine".

Amnesty International Report 1994, Page 159.