Open letter to the Governor of Maharashtra to withhold assent to the Maharashtra special public security bill

By Amnesty International

Your Excellency Shri. Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan, Governor of Maharashtra. I write to you with grave concern regarding the recently passed Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, which now awaits your assent. Though presented as a tool to combat “urban naxalism,” The Bill introduces vague, overboard, and ideologically biased provisions that pose an immediate threat to international […] The post Open letter to the Governor of Maharashtra to withhold assent to the Maharashtra special public security bill appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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