Pakistan Civil Society Reacts

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Students and lawyers spearhead protests against state of emergency in Pakistan

Thursday November 8th, 2007

Lawyers boycotted district and session's court and staged protest rallies against the imposition of emergency and removal of superior court judges and chanted anti-government and anti-Musharraf slogans.

Dawn, November 8, 2007

Hundreds of lawyers took to the streets of Islamabad on the fourth consecutive day of the state of emergency to protest against Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. Observed by the cameras of the international press the police kept a low profile, but behind the scenes thousands of lawyers, journalists, activists and citizens have been arrested or placed under house arrest all over the country. Radio Netherlands, November 7, 2007

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