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38 U.S. Senators Demand Freedom For Pakistani Advocate Aitzaz Ahsan
By SYED ADEEB
(InformPress.com) – Thirty-eight [38] U.S. Senators have strongly urged Pakistani military dictator General Pervez Musharraf, in their recent official letter, to release Advocate Aitzaz Ahsan, the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President, from prison immediately.
Barrister-At-Law Aitzaz Ahsan – an eminent Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP); former federal Minister for Law, Justice, Interior, Narcotics Control and Education; ex-MNA; former Senator; ex-MPA; former Punjab Minister for Information, Planning, Development, Culture and Tourism; and human rights activist – was illegally kidnapped, unlawfully arrested, illegally tortured and unlawfully detained in a dungeon jail of Pakistan in November 2007 by the tyrannical and mercenary Army-Police of General Musharraf, a corrupt, terrorist, tyrant of the Pakistani Army.
Read this letter of 38 U.S. Senators about Pakistani Attorney Aitzaz Ahsan to General Musharraf:
UNITED STATES SENATE
Washington, DC 20510
November 6, 2007
Pervez Musharraf
[Ruler] of Pakistan
Via Facsimile
Dear [General] Musharraf:
We write to you on behalf of Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan who was recently arrested pursuant to your declaration of emergency law.
The United States has enjoyed a close relationship with your country and your administration in recent years. We recognize Pakistan’s important role in the region and assistance in the effort to bring Osama bin Laden and “al-Qaeda” to justice.
However, we are very concerned about the detention of Mr. Ahsan. As you are no doubt aware, Mr. Ahsan is a highly distinguished attorney and political leader. He is a former government minister and former opposition leader in the Senate of Pakistan. A senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he consistently earns the highest rating in rankings of legal professionals in Pakistan. He has represented a variety of high profile political figures in Pakistan, including former Prime Minister [Benazir] Bhutto, former Prime Minister [Muhammad] Nawaz Sharif and Chief Justice [Iftikhar Muhammad] Chaudhry of the Pakistani Supreme Court.
Mr. Ahsan was arrested by the army last Saturday, November 3 [2007], during a press conference he was holding in Islamabad. He is reportedly being jailed in Rawalpindi. It is simply not right that Mr. Ahsan is being jailed for doing his job as an attorney by defending the rights of his client.
We ask that you immediately look into this matter and urge you to release Mr. [Aitzaz] Ahsan from prison immediately.
Sincerely,
1. U.S. Senator KENT CONRAD (D-ND)
2. U.S. Senator BYRON L. DORGAN (D-ND)
3. U.S. Senator DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA)
4. U.S. Senator BERNARD SANDERS (I-VT)
5. U.S. Senator TOM HARKIN (D-IA)
6. U.S. Senator AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN)
7. U.S. Senator BENJAMIN L. CARDIN (D-MD)
8. U.S. Senator JACK REED (D-RI)
9. U.S. Senator JEFF BINGAMAN (D-NM)
10. U.S. Senator SHERROD BROWN (D-OH)
11. U.S. Senator RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL)
12. U.S. Senator DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI)
13. U.S. Senator CHARLES E. SCHUMER (D-NY)
14. U.S. Senator ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr. (D-PA)
15. U.S. Senator PATRICK J. LEAHY (D-VT)
16. U.S. Senator RON WYDEN (D-OR)
17. U.S. Senator JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, IV (D – WV)
18. U.S. Senator CLAIRE McCASKILL (D-MO)
19. U.S. Senator JON TESTER (D-MT)
20. U.S. Senator KEN SALAZAR (D-CO)
21. U.S. Senator ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ)
22. U.S. Senator JIM WEBB (D-VA)
23. U.S. Senator SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI)
24. U.S. Senator BILL NELSON (D-FL)
25. U.S. Senator EVAN BAYH (D-IN)
26. U.S. Senator CARL LEVIN (D-MI)
27. U.S. Senator THOMAS R. CARPER (D-DE)
28. U.S. Senator EDWARD M. KENNEDY (D-MA)
29. U.S. Senator FRANK R. LAUTENBERG (D-NJ)
30. U.S. Senator JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN (ID-CT)
31. U.S. Senator DANIEL K. AKAKA (D-HI)
32. U.S. Senator LISA MURKOWSKI (R-AK)
33. U.S. Senator BARBARA BOXER (D-CA)
34. U.S. Senator ROBERT C. BYRD (D-WV)
35. U.S. Senator BARACK OBAMA (D-IL)
36. U.S. Senator HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D-NY)
37. U.S. Senator JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr. (D-DE)
38. U.S. Senator JOHN F. KERRY (D-MA)
NOTE: Human Rights Foundation (HRF – USA) – www.JusticeForum.info – has endorsed this official letter of 38 U.S. Senators to Pakistani military dictator General Pervez Musharraf.
Website of Attorney Aitzaz Ahsan
Syed Adeeb is Chief Editor of the Information Press – News Views Media – www.InformPress.com – USA. Mr. Adeeb is an Investigative Journalist, Human Rights Advocate and IT Consultant based in Virginia, USA.
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Publication Date: Wednesday, 7 November 2007.
