Appeal for solidarity with Pakistani people

We, the undersigned, in solidarity with the people of Pakistan who
are once again facing severe repression under Emergency Rule imposed
yet again on November 2, 2007 by the military regime of President
General Pervez Musharraf, call for:

1) Immediate lifting of the
State of Emergency and the censorship and curbs on media and
communication which have been imposed under the Emergency Law.

2)
Immediate release of all the judges, lawyers, human rights
activists, political and civil society activists and leaders who
have been arrested since November 2, 2007.

3) The immediate release
of Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry and his restoration to his rightful
position as Chief Justice of Pakistan, and an end to the
intimidation and manipulation of the judiciary by the Musharraf
regime.

4) Free and fair elections and an end to involvement of the
armed forces in Pakistan politics. We stand together with the brave
activists resisting this new wave of repression and call upon the
Australian government to immediately recall its High Commissioner in
protest, terminate all Australian support and cooperation with the
Musharraf government.We urge all supporters of democracy to:

1. Add your name to this statement by emailing

solidarity_with_pakistani_people hotmail.com

2. Donate material support to the brave activists in the Labor
Party Pakistan via the Peoples Power Fighting Fund: Commonwealth
Bank Railway Square, 857-859 George St, Sydney. Branch number:
062026. Account number: 1006 0743.

3. Support the PROTEST at 12 noon on THURSDAY15 NOVEMBER at the
Old GPO, corner Bourke St Mall & Elizabeth Street.

STATEMENT SIGNED BY:

Rob Stary (civil liberties lawyer); Ray Gorman (CEPU-postal
Victorian branch organizer); Tim Gooden (Geelong Trades Hall
secretary); Peter Boyle (Democratic Socialist Party national
secretary); Gary Harper; Len Cooper (CEPU Victorian secretary);
Chris Spindler (AMWU organiser); Andrew Hall (CPSU governing
council); Rachel Evans (Parramatta Sydney Socialist Alliance
candidate & community Action against Homophobia secretary); Andrew J
Silvera (UK); Sue Bolton (DSP assistant national secretary); Scott
Wilson (ETU Qld organizer); Will Anderson; Turan Ertekin (Australian
representative of EMEP-Labour Party in Turkey); Ray Fulcher; Dick
Nichols (Socialist Alliance national convenor); Linda Waldron; John
Percy (DSP national president); Jonathan Stauss; Joseph Bryan;
Muhammad Qamarullah; Margarita Windisch (Victorian Senate candidate
for Socialist Alliance); Martin Smith (lawyer); Ali Khan (film
maker/businessman); Imran Bashir; Ali Shafique; Niels Dalgaard
(member Red Green Alliance, Denmark); Umair Yousaf; Matthew Price
(CPSU delegate); Paula Owen; Beatrice Bleile; Pat Donehue (NSWTF
state council); Kashif Bouns; Graham Williams (AMWU organizer); Abid
Satti; Bea Bassi (PSA delegate); Sue Bull (Geelong Socialist
Alliance convenor); Adeel; Jill Hickson (Community Media); Akif;
Ali; Pip Hinman (Socialist Alliance & DSP); Ali; Ali Anjum; Wayne
Klempel (AMWU delegate); Ali Hamza; Eva Cheng (Green Left Weekly
journalist); Graham Matthews (Green Left Weekly journalist); Ali
Hasnain Sayed; Mary Merkenich (AEU state councilor); Ali Kayani; Ali
Naveed; Christopher Doran (University of Newcastle lecturer); Max
Lane; Ali Saffique; Samantha Ner; Amir Abbasi; Stephen O’Brien (PSA
delegate); Ammar Raza; Asad Zaman; Mick Bull (AMWU organizer); Asim
Siddique; Aslam Waqas; Awais; Mike Byrne (CPSU delegate); Awais
Massood; Awais Niazi; John Gauci (NSWTF state councilor); Ayaz
Ashraf; Aziz-Ud-Din; Burhan Ali; Ch Irfan; Paul Oboohov (CPSU
delegate); Fahad Iqbal Khan; Fahad Khan; Fahad Rauf; Faisal; Faisal
Rana; Faran Qaiser; Fayyaz Shah; Furqan Mahmud; Ghulam Abbas; Hamid;
Hasham; Hassan; Hummad Khokhar; Imran Bashir; Imran Khokhar; Imran
Rana; Jhanzaib; Jibran Salahuddin; K Malik; Kamran Arshad; Kashif
Baig; Kazim; Khalid; Khoulb Dogar; M Murad; M Saleem; Muazam
Hussein; Muhamad Ali Jehanya; Duroyan Fertl (NSW Socialist Alliance
convenor); Muqarrab Khan; Nadeem; Obaid Anwar; Qadeer Ahmed; Qasim;
Raja Waqas Javed; Rehman Ali Virk; Saad Ali Khan; Sajid Mahmood;
Salman; Salman Asad; Salman Yousaf; Sammy Siddiqui; Saqib Rana;
Sarfraz Ahmad; Shafqat Laroka; Shahid Illyas; Shahid Iqbal; Shami;
Shoaib Khan; Shoaib Khan (cricketer); Sohail Chowdary; Sultan;
Suraqa Bin Zaheer; Syed Ahsan Kazmi; Syed Asad Ali Taqyi; Syed M
Naqvi; Syed Mousin Ali Shah; Syed Mujahid; Syed Sharukh Abbas; Syed
Tahir; Talha; Talha Bin Aman; Umair Ahmad; Umair Yousaf; Uszman;
Yasir Rashid; Zahid Manzoor; Zeeshan Ahmed; Zubair Khan; Sohail
Chowdhri; Pierre Rousset (Europe solidaire sans frontières — ESSF — France);