We can't take it any more

We are concerned because not only are these arbitrary killings is gross violation of rights of a person to the due process of law, our poor record in the field of human rights is being further dealt a severe blow.

And even if we are to believe that the purpose of establishing the special force was to arrest the very bad law and order situation obtaining in 2004, according to the admission of a senior minister, the state of law and order as of today negates that justification. The law and order is still no better than what it was in 2004. And to justify the killings on the grounds that, all those who have died in the crossfire are all known terrorists and criminals of the country, as is being done by the government, exposes lack of trust of the government itself in our judiciary.

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Killing in crossfire cannot be moral, let alone a legal, act. Fundamental pillars of human civilisation, and indeed the basic tenets of our religion, accord everyone the right to protection under the law, even the most heinous of criminals. Denying it reduces the government to a primitive level where arbitrary killing was the order of the day.