If you are detained

Draft. Under legal and medical review. Do not rely on this yet.

Do this now

1. Stay calm. Do not resist.
2. Ask why you are being held.
3. Say clearly that you want a lawyer.
4. Ask to inform one family member or friend.
5. Note the time, place, and officers.
6. You should be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours.

Don't

• Do not sign what you cannot read.
• Do not give a statement without a lawyer.

Draft. Not legal advice. Based on Article 22 and DK Basu.