Pakistan Mensenrechtenplatform feliciteert Pakistaanse juristenbeweging
27 april 2009

Pakistan Mensenrechtenplatform feliciteert Pakistaanse juristenbeweging

Het Nederlandse Mensenrechtenplatform Pakistan, waarvan L4L lid is, heeft per persbericht de Pakistaanse juristenbeweging gefeliciteerd met het terugdraaien van het ontslag van Iftikhar Chaudry als president van het Hooggerechtshof, en de aanstelling van andere Pakistaanse rechters op de posities die zij vóór 3 november 2007 bekleedden. Dit was de dag dat de toenmalige Pakistaanse president Musharraf de noodtoestand afkondigde en vele rechters werden gedwongen om hun ambt neer te leggen.

Volgens het persbericht is dit succes te danken aan “de leiders en alle leden van de juristenbeweging, vele moedige rechters, waaronder rechter Chaudhry zelf, en miljoenen mensen in het land die het nationale belang vooropstellen en een offer maken om de rechtsstaat en de onafhankelijkheid van de rechterlijke macht te behouden.”

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