Thousands Of Detainees Released

[efq]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...293497,00.html

Sick *******s letting scum into the world again.

More than 3,000 people jailed under emergency laws in Pakistan have been released, according to the country's Interior Ministry.

Anti-Musharraf demonstrators

Meanwhile, President Pervez Musharraf has flown to Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah about the crisis.
Earlier, judges threw out legal challenges to Gen Musharraf's disputed re-election as President.
The decision sparked more outrage amongst his opponents, but reports said it would pave the way for parliamentary elections on January 8.
Gen Musharraf has said emergency rule is needed to protect and stabilise the country in the face of Islamic extremism.
But his government has used it to jail his political opponents, purge Supreme Court judges and muffle independent TV stations.
Critics say he imposed it solely to preserve his grip on power.
President Pervez Musharraf

"The whole country was subject to martial law only to get this decision," said Ahsan Iqbal, leader of one of Pakistan's two main opposition parties.
"Now he has got his decision at gunpoint."
US President George Bush has put intense pressure on Gen Musharraf to lift emergency rule and step down as leader of the army.
Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister who recently returned to the country after eight years in exile, said she has no plans to revive power-sharing negotiations with Gen Musharraf.
The talks broke down after police put her under house arrest to stop her from leading rallies against the general's suspension of the constitution.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I personally believe the General has no choice in placing a state of emergency on the country, To hold a country together you need security not freedom. I still fully support Musharraf.

[efq]

I personally believe the General has no choice in placing a state of emergency on the country, To hold a country together you need security not freedom. I still fully support Musharraf.

So if one of them had killed a parent of yours and was release after 2 weeks in there you'd mind that?

[-:Undertaker:-]

So if one of them had killed a parent of yours and was release after 2 weeks in there you'd mind that?

As far as I can gather, he hasn't released murders and so on, he has only released political opponents who needed to be locked up to keep the country stable.

[efq]

As far as I can gather, he hasn't released murders and so on, he has only released political opponents who needed to be locked up to keep the country stable.

Yeh buts thats what they all seem to say lately and never is true.

[FlyingJesus]

The people who have been freed are generally political prisoners, or if not classified as such are likely to have been imprisoned wrongly for political reasons. It isn't a load of dangerous people.