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Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
19 December 2007
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‘Police torture is state terro
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of civil society and lawyers on Tuesday condemned police torture on peaceful protestors who rallied on Monday to meet deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on
a call of Students Action Committee (SAC).
Speaking at a press conference, they expressed concern over police torture.
“The brutal baton charge on peaceful protesters amounts to state terrorism against its own citizens,” said a speaker.
They said the government claims of restoration of human rights and freedom of expression were “hollow”.
Farzana Bari, a human rights activist, said the police targeted not only the peaceful protestors but also basic human rights on directions of their bosses. She said the government had failed to restore a sense of security in people.
She said state-run institutions should restore basic rights of people and allow media to work with freedom.
Sardar Asmatullah, the Lahore High Court Bar Association (Rawalpindi Bench) president, said the government had banned media to cover up its corruption and plans of election rigging. He said political should have stood beside the SAC.
He said political parties were not playing their part to improve the situation in the current crisis. He said the civil society would end its struggle only after achieving freedom of expression.
He said political parties should boycott the elections and join the movement of lawyers, civil society and journalists.
He condemned amendments in the constitution and demanded restoration of deposed judges. He said the lawyers had vowed to continue their struggle for restoration of deposed judges and civil society was with them.
He said, “It is strange that the police arrested peaceful protestors to release them latter on bail.”
SAC representative Alia Amirali said the government was responsible for the mess created in the country. She said students would continue their struggle to get freedom of expression and reinstatement of deposed judges.
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