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maddezmom

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Tue Nov-20-07 07:45 AM
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Pakistan Says More Than 3,000 Freed

Source: AP

Published: November 20, 2007
Filed at 6:57 a.m. ET

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- More than 3,000 people jailed under emergency rule have been released, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, the latest sign that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was rolling back some of the harsher measures taken against his opponents.

Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema put the exact figure of those freed in recent days at 3,416 -- including lawyers and political activists -- and said more than 2,000 people remained jailed.

''The process has started. More are being released today,'' Cheema said, adding that those still in detention ''would be freed soon'' though he said the cases of some facing criminal charges could take longer.

Musharraf, who left for a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, has been under immense pressure from Washington to free opposition leaders, end media restrictions and step down as head of the armed forces.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Pakistan.html?ref=world

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Eugene

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Tue Nov-20-07 10:29 AM
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1. Journalists arrested in Pakistan

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 12:27 GMT

Journalists arrested in Pakistan

More than 100 journalists protesting against media
restrictions and emergency rule have been arrested
in Pakistan, eyewitnesses say.

Most were held in Karachi and several detained in
Hyderabad.

Police baton-charged the Karachi journalists after
they tried to stage a protest march. Some of them
were hurt.

When President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency
rule on 3 November, radio and TV news was banned,
as was criticism of the government.

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closeupready

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Tue Nov-20-07 11:05 AM
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2. The damage has been done though.

These mass arrests will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on how Musharraf's administration is covered. Jerk.

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Supersedeas

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Tue Nov-20-07 03:25 PM
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3. the U.S. media has really REALLY dropped the ball -- what could be more obvious

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