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India's 2008 Counterterrorism Laws

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Government of India:

III. Vague and Overbroad Definition of Terrorism..

IV. Unlawful Restrictions on Freedom of Association

V. Arbitrary Arrest, Search and Seizure, and Compulsion of Information

VI. Arbitrary Detention

VII. Presumption of Guilt

Special Courts and Fair Trial Rights

VIII. Acknowledgements