Destroying Legality

Pakistan's Crackdown on Lawyers and Judges

Map of Pakistan

I. Summary

II. Methodology

III. Background

The Lawyers' Movement for Judicial Independence..

The judiciary and Musharraf

IV. Laws Used To Detain Protestors

Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (1960)

Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997

The "Sedition Law" Section 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code..

V. Amendments to Laws Under Emergency Rule

Ordinance LXVI of 2007 to amend the Pakistan Army Act, 1952

Ordinance LXIX of 2007 to amend the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act,1973

Constitution (Amendment) Order, 2007 (President's Order No. 5 of 2007)

VI. Beatings, Mistreatment and Arbitrary Detention of Lawyers

Lahore..

Karachi

Other cities

Leaders of the Lawyers' Movement

VII. Judges Under Detention

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry

Justice Rana Bhagwandas

Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday

VIII. Conclusion

IX. Recommendations

To the Government of Pakistan..

To the international community

X. Acknowledgements