The Musharraf government has declared martial law to settle scores with lawyers and judges. Hundreds of innocent Pakistanis have been rounded up. Human rights activists, including women and senior citizens, have been beaten by police. Judges have been arrested and lawyers battered in their offices and the streets.
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I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their headAsma Jahangir:
We are so resilient as a people. I have so much respect for their dignity and courage. I hope the wAsma Jahangir:
Look at the world, all the suffering... Being under house arrest is the least I can sacrifice.Asma Jahangir:
The world has to have zero tolerance for naked dictatorship.Asma Jahangir:
I had to face imprisonment and house arrests, but it made me tougher.Asma Jahangir:
As a lawyer, many a time I took up difficult and sensitive cases dealing with minorities' and womenAsma Jahangir:
We believe that when there is a democratic setup, we have a greater voice.Asma Jahangir:
The way my father worked altruistically and the manner in which he used to go behind bars and comeAsma Jahangir:
Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases. He remained in jail in Multan. He remAsma Jahangir:
We may fight terrorism through brute force, but the terror that is unleashed in the name of religio