Police in Pakistan used tear gas today to silence lawyers protesting against the imposition of emergency rule by President Pervez Musharraf. The Pakistani president cited spiraling militancy and hostile judges to justify his decision. Two hundred lawyers are among the thousands of activists and political opponents that have been detained by police.
As he was shoved into a police car, one lawyer told Reuters , “We are not scared of these arrests. We will continue our fight, come what may.”
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