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Shahid Buttar & Ryan Allen Hancock

Monday, 28 January 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

First Hand Analysis of the Crisis in Pakistan
7:30 pm
Monday, January 28,2008

Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
800 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 230-0450

Join Ryan Hancock and Shahid Buttar, who recently returned from Pakistan, as they examine the constitutional crisis in Pakistan, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the "threat" of militant Islamism, U.S. foreign policy and the future of democracy and the rule of law.

Ryan Hancock and Shahid Buttar were part of an 8-member delegation of the National Lawyers Guild who recently released Defending Dictatorship : U.S. Foreign Policy and Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy a report compiled at the invitation of the Rule of Law project at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.  The executive summary, as well as a sign-on letter, are posted at http://nlg.org/pakistan/

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URL: http://redemmas.org/event/850