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Political Crackdown Continues in Pakistan
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 04, 2007 08:11pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, November 5, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Police Raid Homes, Arrest Hundreds of Opposition Party Leaders and Activists
By Griff Witte
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, November 4, 2007; 1:23 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- Pakistan's government on Sunday continued a nationwide crackdown on the political opposition, the media and the courts, one day after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the constitution in a bid to save his job.
Police throughout the country raided the homes of opposition party leaders and activists, arresting hundreds. Top lawyers were also taken into custody, and at the offices of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in the eastern city of Lahore, 70 activists were detained. Journalists covering the raid had their equipment confiscated by police, and were ordered off the premises.
The international advocacy group Human Rights Watch issued a statement condemning the move as "an appalling attack on human rights defenders."
Up to 500 opposition activists had been arrested in the last 24 hours, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Sunday.
Aziz said the extraordinary measures would remain in place "as long as it is necessary." Aziz said parliamentary elections could be postponed up to a year, but no decision has been made regarding a delay. |
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