India: A 'lawless law': Detentions under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act: Executive summary

Index Number: ASA 20/012/2011
Date Published: 21 March 2011
Categories: India

Hundreds of people are locked up on spurious grounds under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir every year. This document summarises a report which exposes a catalogue of human rights violations associated with the use of administrative detention under the Public Safety Act.