ABA: Adverse Impact of Counter Terrorism Laws on Human Rights Defenders and FATF Compliance in India
The findings of this report highlight the misuse of countering terrorism financing legislation to target human rights defenders and close civic space. The report finds that India’s counter-terrorism laws have expanded over time, becoming increasingly vague, and often overturning basic procedural safeguards for defendants. In enforcing these counter-terrorism laws, investigating officers often use vague allegations and inconsistent evidence to attempt to punish human rights defenders and NPOs that are critical of India’s government. The process of prosecuting individuals under these laws has also become punishment itself through the use of extensive pretrial detention and repeated denial of bail.
ABA: Adverse Impact of Counter Terrorism Laws on Human Rights Defenders and FATF Compliance in India
