April 15, 2008 Congressional Pakistan Caucus Briefing

Ryan Hancock — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:39:46 +0000

Congressional Pakistan Caucus Briefing Restoring Judicial Independence in Pakistan: Purpose, Progress and Continuing Obstacles

10:00-11:30 AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
2237 Rayburn

The focus of the briefing will be recent promises to restore the constitution and an independent judiciary, what steps are actually being taken by the government, and what obstacles lay ahead. During this period of transition, it is imperative that we examine these pressing issues in Pakistan, a nation that is a friend of the United States and a vital ally in the war on terror.

The distinguished panel consists of:

Ali Ahsan, Attorney and son of Pakistani lawyers’ movement leader Aitzaz Ahsan;

Nadeem Azam, Pakistani lawyer and Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Studies Center at the University of Peshawar;

Justice Richard J. Goldstone, Former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, former chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center; and

Maureen Byrnes, Executive Director of Human Rights First (Moderator).

Please contact Samia Elshafie (Samia.Elshafie@mail.house.gov) at 225-3816 with any questions or for additional information.

U.S. Black Flag Week Solidarity Events

Ryan Hancock — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:20:51 +0000

The Student Action Committee USA chapter is holding solidarity events this weekend as part of the black flag week. There will be demonstrations in Washington DC, New York and Boston. The purpose of these protests is to denounce, in the strongest terms, the illegal deposition of members of the Pakistani judiciary and to demand the immediate restoration of the judiciary to the pre-Nov 3 status.

Boston:
Date: Saturday, March 15
Time: 2-2:30 pm.
Location: John Harvard statue, Harvard University campus.
For info, contact Samad Khurram
skhurram@fas.harvard.edu skhurram@fas.harvard.edu>
(617-960-7289)

New York:
Date: Saturday, March 15
Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: Outside the Pakistan Consulate (5th Avenue, E 65th St)
For info, contact Saad Mustafa
saadmustafa.rizvi@gmail.com saadmustafa.rizvi@gmail.com>
(857-334-8012)

Washington DC:
Date: Sunday, March 16.
Time: 1:30 pm.
Location: outside the Pakistan embassy (3517 international court)
For info, contact Ghazia Aslam
ghaziaslam@gmail.com ghaziaslam@gmail.com>
(703-663-0960)

Press Coverage of the events can be found here.

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April 15, 2008 Congressional Pakistan Caucus Briefing

U.S. Black Flag Week Solidarity Events