The Campaign to Restore Democracy in Pakistan (CRDP) is an international effort to ensure representative political participation on part of all segments of civil society in Pakistan. General Pervez Musharraf's government, like all other prolonged periods of provisional military governments in Pakistan, has endangered the lives, livelihood, and civil liberties of judges, lawyers, students, women, and other civilians. The unwarranted dismissal of judges, suspension of the constitution, and declaration of a state of emergency on November 3rd by the Musharraf government has particularly heightened a situation rife with cases of forced disappearances, police brutality, torture, mass illegal arrests, and other violations of the rule of law.

CDRP's goals and strategies will be determined at the direction of its steering-committee which is composed of lawyers, judges, political activists, and other singularly embattled groups in Pakistan together with their counterparts in the United States and the United Kingdom.

With consultation from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the British Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, and members of the American Bar Association, the campaign has issued the following list of priorities in its demand that General Musharraf give up his post as army chief immediately and act within the law and Constitution to effect the following:

a. release of all judges, political and human rights activists;
b. lifting all curbs on media;
c. restoration of all judges of the superior courts to pre-PCO state;
d. revival of the constitution and recognition of its supremacy;
e. reinstatement of unconstitutionally removed judges and recognition
of the sanctity of the judicial procedure;
f. establishment of an independent election commission under a
caretaker government formed with the consensus of major political
parties.

We invite you to partner with us in this effort so we can coordinate and supplement our advocacy and lobbying in activities in Pakistan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Sincerely,