Baton-wielding police fought with lawyers outside courthouses in Islamabad and Lahore again Tuesday, arresting dozens more as they enforced Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s crackdown on judicial activism. Three days after Musharraf suspended the constitution and declared a state of emergency, Pakistan’s judicial system is in lockdown, with thousands of lawyers jailed and many judges detained in their homes.
Lawyers at the vanguard? Courage of their convictions.
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