Srinagar, India (CNN) -- India detains hundreds of people each year without charge or trial to "keep them out of circulation" in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a new report released Monday by Amnesty International. The human rights monitoring group documented how India's Public Safety Act (PSA) is used to justify long-term detentions of people, even when there is insufficient evidence for trial. The draconian act has come under repeated criticism from human rights groups who have expressed alarm over Kashmiris caught in the fight between Indian security forces and militant groups in the Himalayan state.
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Amnesty International criticizes India's Public Safety Act
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A new report documents detentions under the act
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It says the detentions are used to "keep people out of circulation"
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