PRESS NOTE

High Court accepted bail of three members of Hizb ut-tahrir detained in Multan

On 14th of February, Multan bench of the Lahore High Court granted bail to three members of Hizb ut-tahrir, Sajid Naeem, Muhammad Sheraz and Abdur Rauf, for all the cases levelled against them, including terrorism charges.

Despite acquiring bails, all three members are still behind bars. To keep them in custody, the government has detained them for three months under section 11-EEE of the anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Besides the three, currently five activists are detained in Multan, seven in Lahore and one in Gujranwala, under the same section of the ATA. Another two members of the Hizb ut-tahrir, Dr. Ismail Sheikh and Engineer Asim uddin, are jailed in Karachi since 29th October.

Government is horrified by Hizb ut-tahrir's intellectual struggle which clearly indicates her intellectual bankruptcy. We would like to make this clear to the government that the truth can neither be suppressed through imprisonment or detention nor can it be silenced by oppression and tyranny.

Office of the Official Spokesman of                                   
           Hizb ut-tahrir
            In Pakistan
P.O. Box 1924, Lahore
Pakistan
Ph. No. +(92)300-441 6500
Email:
No: PN05015
Date: 16th Feb 2005