Prevention of Terrorism Act
The Government of India introduced the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance on October 15, 2001, empowering the state to detain political opponents, revoke civil liberties, and suppress actions it deems threatening to the nation. On March 26, 2002, POTA was enacted into law. The People's Tribunal on POTA, held in New Delhi in March 2003, describes the use of the Act to target minorities, especially Muslims.[62]
In Gujarat, after 2002, 240 people were held under POTA, 239 Muslims and one person from the Sikh community.[63] Modi’s government has not released any of these POTA detainees[64] while the Parliament of India repealed POTA in December 2004, even as the repeal is not retrospective.[65] This clearly indicates the use of law to target minority communities, fostering division, hatred and violence in Gujarat.
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