Musharraf Runs Democracy the Bush-Cheney Way

From CNN:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Javed Hashmi, leader of the multi-party alliance against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison on charges of sedition.

...Hashmi was arrested on October 29 on charges of defaming the government and the army.

The charges came after Hashmi, a member of parliament, circulated a letter allegedly written by an army officer opposing the role of the army in national politics.

Twenty-three years for criticism.