chebol
13th November 2007, 01:47
*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING*
Dear friends,
You would be aware of the crack down in Pakistan by US ally General Pervez Musharraf.
In the latest news, a trade unionist faces the death penalty on a treason charge. Below is an article from Asian Foodworker on this disturbing development.
Underneath is a solidarity statement with the democratic forces in Pakistan. Please sign and forward on.
++++++++++
Pakistan: Trade Unionist Faces Death Penalty on Treason Charge; Military Readies Sham Courts to Rubber-Stamp Dictatorship and Quell Democratic Dissent
In a series of disturbing incidents, following the imposition of emergency rule, Pakistan's military rulers are seeking to quell all democratic dissent by giving the army wide ranging powers to bring people before military courts and threatening the death penalty against activists. Liaquat Ali Shah, one of the leaders of the solidarity campaign for the Karachi Pearl Continental Hotel Trade Union, and a trade union leader in his own right at the State Bank of Pakistan, has been charged with treason, an offence which carries the death penalty.
http://asianfoodworker.net/pakistan/071112dictatorship.html
Appeal for solidarity with Pakistani people
We, the undersigned, in solidarity with the people of Pakistan who are once again facing severe repression under Emergency Rule imposed yet again on November 2, 2007 by the military regime of President General Pervez Musharraf, call for:
1) Immediate lifting of the State of Emergency and the censorship and curbs on media and communication which have been imposed under the Emergency Law.
2) Immediate release of all the judges, lawyers, human rights activists, political and civil society activists and leaders who have been arrested since November 2, 2007.
3) The immediate release of Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry and his restoration to his rightful position as Chief Justice of Pakistan, and an end to the intimidation and manipulation of the judiciary by the Musharraf regime.
4) Free and fair elections and an end to involvement of the armed forces in Pakistan politics.
We stand together with the brave activists resisting this new wave of repression and call upon the Australian government to immediately recall its High Commissioner in protest, terminate all Australian support and cooperation with the Musharraf government.
We urge all supporters of democracy to:
1. Add your name to this statement by emailing [email protected]
2. Donate material support to the brave activists in the Labor Party Pakistan via the Peoples Power Fighting Fund: Commonwealth Bank Branch number: 062026. Account number: 1006 0743.
3. Support the PROTEST at 12noon on Thursday November 15 the Old GPO, corner Bourke St Mall & Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
STATEMENT SIGNED BY:
Rob Stary (civil liberties lawyer); Ray Gorman (CEPU-postal Victorian branch organizer); Tim Gooden (Geelong Trades Hall secretary); Peter Boyle (Democratic Socialist Party national secretary); Gary Harper; Len Cooper (CEPU Victorian secretary); Chris Spindler (AMWU organizer); Rachel Evans (Parramatta Sydney Socialist Alliance candidate & community Action against Homophobia secretary); Andrew J Silvera (UK); Sue Bolton (DSP assistant national secretary); Scott Wilson (ETU Qld organizer); Will Anderson; Ray Fulcher; Linda Waldron; Eva Cheng (Green Left Weekly journalist); John Percy (DSP national president); Jonathan Stauss; Joseph Bryan; Muhammad Qamarullah; Margarita Windisch (Victorian Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance); Martin Smith(lawyer); Ali Khan (film maker/businessman) ; Imran Bashir; Ali Shafique; Martin Smith (lawyer); Niels Dalgaard (member Red Green Alliance, Denmark); Umair Yousaf; Matthew Price (CPSU delegate); Paula Owen; Beatrice Bleile; Pat Donohoe (NSWTF state council); Kashif Bouns; Graham Williams (AMWU organizer); Abid Satti; Adeel; Akif; Ali; Ali; Ali Anjum; Ali Hamza; Ali Hasnain Sayed; Ali Kayani; Ali Naveed; Ali Saffique; Amir Abbasi; Ammar Raza; Asad Zaman; Asim Siddique; Aslam Waqas; Awais; Awais Massood; Awais Niazi; Ayaz Ashraf; Aziz-Ud-Din; Burhan Ali; Ch Irfan; Fahad Iqbal Khan; Fahad Khan; Fahad Rauf; Faisal; Faisal Rana; Faran Qaiser; Fayyaz Shah; Furqan Mahmud; Ghulam Abbas; Hamid; Hasham; Hassan; Hummad Khokhar; Imran Bashir; Imran Khokhar; Imran Rana; Jhanzaib; Jibran Salahuddin; K Malik; Kamran Arshad; Kashif Baig; Kazim; Khalid; Khoulb Dogar; M Murad; M Saleem; Muazam Hussein; Muhamad Ali Jehanya, Muqarrab Khan; Nadeem; Obaid Anwar; Qadeer Ahmed; Qasim; Raja Waqas Javed; Rehman Ali Virk; Saad Ali Khan; Sajid Mahmood; Salman; Salman Asad; Salman Yousaf; Sammy Siddiqui; Saqib Rana; Sarfraz Ahmad; Shafqat Laroka; Shahid Illyas; Shahid Iqbal; Shami; Shoaib Khan; Shoaib Khan (cricketer); Sohail Chowdary; Sultan; Suraqa Bin Zaheer; Syed Ahsan Kazmi; Syed Asad Ali Taqyi; Syed M Naqvi; Syed Mousin Ali Shah; Syed Mujahid; Syed Sharukh Abbas; Syed Tahir; Talha; Talha Bin Aman; Umair Ahmad; Umair Yousaf; Uszman; Yasir Rashid; Zahid Manzoor; Zeeshan Ahmed; Zubair Khan; Pip Hinman; Duroyan Fertl (NSW Socialist Alliance Convenor)
For more information contact Sue Bolton (Melbourne) 0413-377-978; Peter Boyle (Sydney) 0401-760-577; Paul Benedek (Brisbane) 0410-629-088
Dear friends,
You would be aware of the crack down in Pakistan by US ally General Pervez Musharraf.
In the latest news, a trade unionist faces the death penalty on a treason charge. Below is an article from Asian Foodworker on this disturbing development.
Underneath is a solidarity statement with the democratic forces in Pakistan. Please sign and forward on.
++++++++++
Pakistan: Trade Unionist Faces Death Penalty on Treason Charge; Military Readies Sham Courts to Rubber-Stamp Dictatorship and Quell Democratic Dissent
In a series of disturbing incidents, following the imposition of emergency rule, Pakistan's military rulers are seeking to quell all democratic dissent by giving the army wide ranging powers to bring people before military courts and threatening the death penalty against activists. Liaquat Ali Shah, one of the leaders of the solidarity campaign for the Karachi Pearl Continental Hotel Trade Union, and a trade union leader in his own right at the State Bank of Pakistan, has been charged with treason, an offence which carries the death penalty.
http://asianfoodworker.net/pakistan/071112dictatorship.html
Appeal for solidarity with Pakistani people
We, the undersigned, in solidarity with the people of Pakistan who are once again facing severe repression under Emergency Rule imposed yet again on November 2, 2007 by the military regime of President General Pervez Musharraf, call for:
1) Immediate lifting of the State of Emergency and the censorship and curbs on media and communication which have been imposed under the Emergency Law.
2) Immediate release of all the judges, lawyers, human rights activists, political and civil society activists and leaders who have been arrested since November 2, 2007.
3) The immediate release of Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry and his restoration to his rightful position as Chief Justice of Pakistan, and an end to the intimidation and manipulation of the judiciary by the Musharraf regime.
4) Free and fair elections and an end to involvement of the armed forces in Pakistan politics.
We stand together with the brave activists resisting this new wave of repression and call upon the Australian government to immediately recall its High Commissioner in protest, terminate all Australian support and cooperation with the Musharraf government.
We urge all supporters of democracy to:
1. Add your name to this statement by emailing [email protected]
2. Donate material support to the brave activists in the Labor Party Pakistan via the Peoples Power Fighting Fund: Commonwealth Bank Branch number: 062026. Account number: 1006 0743.
3. Support the PROTEST at 12noon on Thursday November 15 the Old GPO, corner Bourke St Mall & Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
STATEMENT SIGNED BY:
Rob Stary (civil liberties lawyer); Ray Gorman (CEPU-postal Victorian branch organizer); Tim Gooden (Geelong Trades Hall secretary); Peter Boyle (Democratic Socialist Party national secretary); Gary Harper; Len Cooper (CEPU Victorian secretary); Chris Spindler (AMWU organizer); Rachel Evans (Parramatta Sydney Socialist Alliance candidate & community Action against Homophobia secretary); Andrew J Silvera (UK); Sue Bolton (DSP assistant national secretary); Scott Wilson (ETU Qld organizer); Will Anderson; Ray Fulcher; Linda Waldron; Eva Cheng (Green Left Weekly journalist); John Percy (DSP national president); Jonathan Stauss; Joseph Bryan; Muhammad Qamarullah; Margarita Windisch (Victorian Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance); Martin Smith(lawyer); Ali Khan (film maker/businessman) ; Imran Bashir; Ali Shafique; Martin Smith (lawyer); Niels Dalgaard (member Red Green Alliance, Denmark); Umair Yousaf; Matthew Price (CPSU delegate); Paula Owen; Beatrice Bleile; Pat Donohoe (NSWTF state council); Kashif Bouns; Graham Williams (AMWU organizer); Abid Satti; Adeel; Akif; Ali; Ali; Ali Anjum; Ali Hamza; Ali Hasnain Sayed; Ali Kayani; Ali Naveed; Ali Saffique; Amir Abbasi; Ammar Raza; Asad Zaman; Asim Siddique; Aslam Waqas; Awais; Awais Massood; Awais Niazi; Ayaz Ashraf; Aziz-Ud-Din; Burhan Ali; Ch Irfan; Fahad Iqbal Khan; Fahad Khan; Fahad Rauf; Faisal; Faisal Rana; Faran Qaiser; Fayyaz Shah; Furqan Mahmud; Ghulam Abbas; Hamid; Hasham; Hassan; Hummad Khokhar; Imran Bashir; Imran Khokhar; Imran Rana; Jhanzaib; Jibran Salahuddin; K Malik; Kamran Arshad; Kashif Baig; Kazim; Khalid; Khoulb Dogar; M Murad; M Saleem; Muazam Hussein; Muhamad Ali Jehanya, Muqarrab Khan; Nadeem; Obaid Anwar; Qadeer Ahmed; Qasim; Raja Waqas Javed; Rehman Ali Virk; Saad Ali Khan; Sajid Mahmood; Salman; Salman Asad; Salman Yousaf; Sammy Siddiqui; Saqib Rana; Sarfraz Ahmad; Shafqat Laroka; Shahid Illyas; Shahid Iqbal; Shami; Shoaib Khan; Shoaib Khan (cricketer); Sohail Chowdary; Sultan; Suraqa Bin Zaheer; Syed Ahsan Kazmi; Syed Asad Ali Taqyi; Syed M Naqvi; Syed Mousin Ali Shah; Syed Mujahid; Syed Sharukh Abbas; Syed Tahir; Talha; Talha Bin Aman; Umair Ahmad; Umair Yousaf; Uszman; Yasir Rashid; Zahid Manzoor; Zeeshan Ahmed; Zubair Khan; Pip Hinman; Duroyan Fertl (NSW Socialist Alliance Convenor)
For more information contact Sue Bolton (Melbourne) 0413-377-978; Peter Boyle (Sydney) 0401-760-577; Paul Benedek (Brisbane) 0410-629-088