42 ... ... ... ... .. C I V I L L I B E RT I E S Civil Liberties CHAPTER 4 A] Protection of Human Rights in Situations of Terrorism & Insurgency 4.1 Throughout the year under review, Governments and civil society across the globe focused on ways of combating and triumphing over terrorism. 4.2 India was no exception. Its experience of this scourge, including crossborder terrorism, has been longer than that of other countries. Over the years, only too often, India has had to fight its battle alone. 4.3 In the course of the year 2002-2003, vicious acts of terrorism continued to be perpetrated in various parts of the country. Thus, by way of illustration, in the State of Jammu & Kashmir alone, terrorist attacks occurred in the Raghunath Mandir, in Jammu, on 30 March 2002, when 30 persons were killed and 17 injured; in Rajiv Nagar, Jammu, on 13 July 2002, when 28 persons were killed and 27 injured; in the Nunwan Camp in Anantnag on 6 August 2002, when 9 Amarnath pilgrims were killed and 3 others injured; and in Nadimarg, Pulwama district, when 24 Kashmiri Pandits were killed. In the State of Gujarat, an outrageous terrorist attack occurred on 24-25 September 2002, in the Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, taking the lives of 28 civilians; in addition, two security personnel lost their lives and six others were injured in seeking to protect the civilians and flush out the terrorists. 4.4 In the face of such evil, there can be no doubt that the State has not N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N