Hundreds of protestors led by the ex-wife of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan staged a demonstration outside the Downing Street office of premier Gordon Brown on Saturday. Jemima Khan, who was divorced from Imran in 2004, also delivered a petition to the premier's London residence.
The founder of the Movement for Justice Party Imran Khan has been in hiding since the start of the week, after police said he was under house arrest following President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule.
"They're telling me that they've never, ever seen brutality like this," Jemima Khan told Sky News television. "They said it's unprecedented in Pakistan's history. Normal people, teachers, my children's teachers, have been arrested.
"It's completely inconceivable what's happening in Pakistan. It's something that I am so horrified by that I felt it was necessary to come out today and help to organise this demonstration."
Lawyers, students and journalists were among those who took part in the demonstration, carrying placards, chanting slogans and urging the British government to put more pressure on Musharraf's regime.