“襲警”? Amnesty International 聲明：

國際特赦組織香港分會 Amnesty International Hong Kong

 

 

這些行為不是執法，不是維持治安，這是一群不受控的警員以報復心態對待示威者。

11月11日兩名示威者在西灣河示威期間被警方用真槍射擊一事，國際特赦組織香港分會總幹事譚萬基回應如下﹕

「今日，香港警察的執法水平再創新低。警方以真槍實彈射擊示威者，顯示他們使用武力時的魯莽。同日，另一位駕駛電單車的警員被拍攝到高速撞向示威人群。這些行為不是執法，不是維持治安，這是一群不受控的警員以報復心態對待示威者。」

「這些普遍和粗暴的行為顯示警察不能夠再『自己人查自己人』。警方今天的行為極需要受到獨立調查，政府必須檢討警方的執法情況，以緩和狀況，避免有更多生命受到威脅。」

「如任何警員像今天那位一樣，向顯然手無寸鐵的示威者，近距離開槍，理應被即時停職。同樣地，那位駕駛電單車、顯然魯莽和任意地撞向人群的交通警，同應被停職。這些警員的行為讓人質疑他們受過甚麼訓練，收到甚麼指示，警方執法應該維持秩序、緩解衝突，而並不是讓情況升級。」

Hong Kong: Investigate shooting of protesters after ‘another low’ in police use of force

In response to the shooting of two protesters by police during demonstrations in Sai Wan Ho on the morning of 11 November, Man-Kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong, said:

“Today was another shocking low for the Hong Kong police. The live rounds fired by police are clear evidence of reckless use of force. Another policeman was seen driving at high speed into a group of protesters on a motorbike. These are not policing measures – these are officers out of control with a mindset of retaliation.

“This pervasive, heavy-handed behaviour shows the police cannot investigate themselves. Today’s actions again require an urgent independent investigation. The authorities must review their approach to help de-escalate the situation and prevent more lives being put at risk.

“Police officers like the one seen shooting an apparently unarmed protester at point-blank range must be suspended immediately. Likewise, the police officer on a motorbike was clearly behaving in a reckless, arbitrary way. These behaviours call their training in question and the commands they have been given – officers should be deployed to de-escalate difficult crowd control situations, not make them worse.”