The Public Safety Act (PSA) was a "lawless law" under which the authorities hold children, old people and the disabled, and it should be scrapped, the group said. "This act is contributing to inflaming tensions between the state authorities and local populace and must be immediately repealed," said Aakar Patel, head of Amnesty International India. India blames its arch rival for fomenting separatist trouble, including attacks on security forces, in its part of the region. Amnesty based its report on the analysis of 210 cases of detention under the PSA between 2012 and 2018. The law prohibits the detention of children but Amnesty documented several cases where minors were knowingly detained.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 12, 2019 10:07 UTC