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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Pakistani journalists protest at beatings

Journalists staged rallies across Pakistan yesterday to protest at police beatings and harassment of the press. The demonstrations came the day after a violent incident following an election commission hearing in Islamabad which gave President Pervez Musharraf the right to stand for another five-year term. When lawyers and opposition activists protested outside the hearing, police wielded batons and fired tear gas to disperse them. Then they turned on journalists covering the melee. The result? Among the 64 people were 31 journalists. (Via International Herald Tribune)

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