Review of "Prisoner No. 100: An Account Of My Nights And Days In An Indian Prison" by Anjum Zamarud Habib, Reviewer Gowhar Fazili "Prisoner No. 100 is Anjum Zamarud Habib’s personal account of five years in jail, nearly all of them as an under trial. She is one of the numerous victims of the draconian POTA – Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002, a successor to a similarly notorious TADA – Terrorist and disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, which lapsed in 1995. POTA made the grant of bail prior to the dismissal of the cases nearly impossible and rendered confessions extracted in police custody admissible as evidence in court and remained applicable to people framed under it even after the law lapsed or was scrapped. All such draconian laws in India, including PSA and AFSPA, have been statistically established to be biased in their use against the minorities and the marginal nationalities. The account provides deeper insight into the experience of trauma resulting from such laws and how peoples’ lives and families are thus systematically devastated." Read the full review in Summer 2013 Issue of Kashmir Lit kashmirlit.org/gowhar-fazlis-review/
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 00:17:09 +0000
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