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Resisting Military Rule: Leaders of Pakistani Lawyers Movement Speak Out

In November 2007, President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule in Pakistan. In the days following, reports emerged from Pakistan of police violence, arbitrary arrests, and mistreatment of lawyers detained for peacefully protesting government policies. Join us on Monday, March 3, 2008, as leaders in the Pakistani lawyers' movement who were detained in November discuss military rule, judicial independence, and their involvement in promoting and protecting rule of law in Pakistan. Speakers include Hamid Khan, former President of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association; and Sahibzada Anwar Hamid, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan. Co-sponsored by the WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the WCL National Lawyers Guild. For additional information, please contact the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law by emailing humlaw@wcl.american. edu or by calling 202-274-4180.

Full post as published by Washington College of Law Podcasts on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).