05 November 2007

Look At Pakistan

A look at some of the restrictions and suspended rights in the state of emergency declared by Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf:


• Protection of life and liberty.

• The right to free movement.

• The right of detainees to be informed of their offense and given access to lawyers.

• Protection of property rights.

• The right to assemble in public.

• The right to free speech.

• Equal rights for all citizens before law and equal legal protection.

• Media coverage of suicide bombings and militant activity is curtailed by new rules. Broadcasters also face a three-year jail term if they "ridicule" members of the government or armed forces.


This probably will not last very long. The US is half assing it with Pakistan. Democracy was never the real thing just a justification for involvement in the country. Money WILL NOT stop. Musharaf is a dictator and the US is well aware of it. His support on the War On terror buys him a lot of latitude.

The General has arrested his opposition, then the supreme court judges have been arrested, then, the press has been shut down with the exception of the state owned ones. Now what part of this sounds democratic? The State of emergency is in reality is martial law and the General is a dictator. It is just that simple, sports fans.

CHUQ

4 comments:

Kizzume said...

This will definitely be interesting to see how this pans out. It doesn't look good though. Martial law sucks.

CHUQ said...

And Bush keeps telling them to return to democracy. My question is when was it ever democratic?

Anonymous said...

Democracy is just a catch phrase.It's more of a political talking point than reality.

CHUQ said...

I agree. But the prob is the Am ppl believe this democratic bullsh*t.

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