nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221231-001630-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221228s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221231-001630-0 doi eng 342 23 Sheikh, Anam Author aut Suppressing Political Dissent - The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act Sheikh, Anam Verfassungsblog 2022-12-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The administrative preventive detention law Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) is one of the most stringent laws to uphold in what is referred to as the “security of the state and the public order.” For decades, thousands of Kashmiris have been incarcerated under this law for expressing political views contrary to official state narratives. Creating a state of exception where people are not ordinary criminals but extraordinary criminals who pose a threat to the national integrity of the Indian state, the PSA has stripped countless individuals of their basic rights. CC BY-SA 4.0 Human Rights Kashmir Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/suppressing-political-dissent-2/ raw object