Nominally India’s premier “anti-terrorism” law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been widely used in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir (after August 2019) to suppress any kind of dissent or free expression, “legally” detaining people and denying them due process and access to justice.  The UAPA authorizes warrantless searches and detention for six months (without charge or trial or an opportunity at bail) if a person is deemed by the goverment to be capable of committing a crime.  In Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir, it is often used independently and in combination with the Public Safety Act to arbitrarily detain prisoners of conscscience.‍

Topics: preventive detention, arbitrary imprisonment, violation of political rights, violation of right to liberty, violation of right to free expression, violation of freedom of belief, violation of due process, violation of right to habeas corpus, violation of right to free and fair trial, prisoners of conscience, suppression of dissent, colonial domination