Indian lawyers protest crackdown in Pakistan
Posted on : 2007-11-15 | Author : IANS
News Category : India


New Delhi, Nov 15- A group of lawyers here Thursday marched to the Pakistan High Commission condemning the arrest of judges and advocates in that country following the imposition of emergency.

The lawyers, under the banner of the Delhi Bar Council, walked from near the Chanakyapuri police station in the diplomatic enclave in the heart of the city to the Pakistani mission holding placards and banners and shouting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf.

Leading the protestors were advocates K.K. Manan and Pinky Anand. The marchers wanted to submit a memorandum condemning 'atrocities on the lawyers in Pakistan' but no mission official came out to accept it.

Musharraf's emergency rule announced earlier this month has led to the jailing of hundreds of opposition activists, lawyers and rights advocates. Several judges are also facing house arrest.