State of Emergency in Pakistan

Thank you to S Hussein for your comments on General Musharraf, President of Pakistan, the situation facing women in Pakistan, the current ’state of emergency’ and your call for expressions of concern from International White Ribbon Day campaigners. 

We unreservedly join with you, members of the international community, Amnesty International and the United Nations in voicing alarm and dismay at the detention of human rights and opposition activists. We support the calls from Amnesty International and from the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to immediately release those detained or to clarify their status, to lift restrictions on the media, take urgent measures to return to democratic rule and to hold parliamentary elections as scheduled.

We share your concern that under the guise of fighting terrorism, the rights of those in opposition, from the judiciary, the media and social activists including women’s rights activists have been infringed upon.

If anyone would like to share their concerns with the High Commissioner for Pakistan in Canberra H.E Mr. Jalil Abbas Jilani, they can email him: parepcanberra@internode.on.net 

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