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A protest was held at the Lahore Press Club at 3 pm today (Tuesday) under the auspices of the Student Action
Committee Lahore, which is comprised of 21 universities. At the same time, a parallel protest was being held
in Islamabad, organized by the Islamabad Student Action Committee. In Lahore, about 200 students, lawyers,
civil society activists and journalists gathered inside the press club holding placards and posters. The
protesters formed a human chain around the Shimla Pahari, shouting slogans such as 'Adlia ki azadi tak jang
rahe gi', 'Lathi goli ki sarkar nahin chale gi', 'Tulba maangain azadi', and 'Girti hui diwaar ko aik dhaka aur
doo'. The protesters had originally aimed to march to the Geo office on Davis Road. However, since traffic was
being blocked, the protesters decided to return to the press club so as not to cause inconvenience to
motorists. Inside the press club, a number of speeches were made. Activist Hina Jillani, Bushra Aitzaz, and
students from participating universities were among those who spoke. The speakers called for the
reinstatement of the pre-November 3rd judiciary and the freeing of the media, and demanded that all political
parties boycott the upcoming sham elections. The eviction of Justice Shahid Siddiqui, who refused to take
oath under the PCO, from his house in GOR-I was condemned and the protesters were encouraged to go and
protest outside the Justice's house. All the speakers encouraged the protesters to keep up their efforts and
not back down until their goals had been achieved. The protesters then disbanded and many of them left for
GOR-I. At the judge's residence, students joined lawyers, journalists and other activists outside Justice
Shahid Siddiqui's house and chanted slogans. The Justice also came out to speak to the protesters and
lauded the efforts of the lawyers, students, media and activists. The protest went ahead despite threats from
the police to arrest students from the universities involved
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The police today was from a section of Capital Police. The Additional SP in today's protest was Nasir Aftab
(who was also responsible for ordering baton charge on students and arresting 48 juveniles.) You can call him
at 0300-8505563 to show your disgust as this level of indecency shown today. The Magistrate for today's
protest was Kamran Cheema who is the same Magistrate who has repeatedly claimed that the CJ and the
other honorable judges are allowed to move freely and who also suggested that Benazir was free to move
about when police had barricaded her house. He can be reached at 9261163 (between 9-5). Please do convey
your sentiments to these "defenders of the people of Pakistan" and anyone relevant.
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1. Saad Latif, the Student Council President was out on an LAS trip for the last two weeks or so. In Manglixir,
he could not have wall chalked the DHA thana.
2. Currently, there is no such Professor Farhat ul Haq at LUMS. In the last month or so there has not been
any such person in LUMS.
3. Dr. Rasool Baksh: He's an aged dignified Professor, not an angry teenager, for God sakes...
4. Osama Siddiqi: He's been in the US for some time, meeting the who's who of America. I hope he will get
back at these people.
5. Aasim Sajjad: Everyone knows that he is in the streets of Islamabad, doing bigger things than wall-
chalking. They just did a one-thousand-people-strong protest in Islamabad today.
6. Umar Malik: He’s an MBA student and a flight lieutenant
Is this the kind of 'terrorism' that this Emergency was supposed to deter? Are these the infamous 'terrorists'
and 'criminals'? Is this the kind of totalitarian state you want to live in?
If not, join us. Don’t leave us alone in this critical hour. We may forget the acts of our enemy but we will never
forget the silence of our friends.
This morning, after dragging the case for weeks, the Sindh High Court dismissed Geo's petition to restore at
least its non-news channels (sports, entertainment and youth) as 'non-maintainable under the PCO'.
US Human Rights Activists Harassed by Pakistani Government U.S. Human rights activists Medea Benjamin
and Tighe Barry were on their way to a student rally at the Lahore Press Club at 3pm on Tuesday, December
4, when they were stopped outside the Club gates by six plainclothes government agents. They were told they
had to leave the country because their visas had expired. Both, however, have valid visas. The government
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agents grabbed Barry by the arm and tried to hold him. Benjamin got help from some journalists, who
managed to escort the two activists inside the Club. At 5pm, prominent lawyer Khummeram Khosa drove his
car into the Press Club premises to escort the activists out of the Club. The government agents, on three
motorcycles, followed their car through the city streets. When the activists tried to call the media, they
discovered that their phone was being jammed. The activists returned to the Press Club to alert the media
about this harassment. They also advised the U.S. Embassy. "It's a sad state of affairs when the Pakistani
government—a government that is trying to portray itself to the West as democratic—tries to harass and
deport U.S. human rights activists," say Benjamin. "If they do this to us, who have the protection of being US
citizens, imagine what they do to their own citizens." "We will not be intimidated," says Barry. "We will
continue our activities here in support of Pakistanis struggling for democracy, and we call on the Pakistani
government to stop harassing us and respect our rights." Benjamin and Barry are members of the U.S.
human rights group Global Exchange and the women's peace group CODEPINK. They have been in Pakistan
since November 25 on a mission to learn about and support Pakistani civil society. They have been meeting
with lawyers, students, judges, journalists and political leaders. They also conducted a 24-hour vigil outside
the home of prominent lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, who is under house arrest. Through these activities, they have
received tremendous support and appreciation from the Pakistani people. Today, they received a Letter of
Thanks from the Lahore High Court Bar Association. The lawyer extended "heartfelt gratitude for showing
solidarity with the legal community of Pakistan" and for helping to "boost the moral of the Pakistani lawyers
in their just struggle for the restoration of the Constitution."
(The emergency times Eds- According to recent reports Medea Benjamin and Tighe Barry have both been
deported!)
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