It was the third such emergency imposed by Ershad since his bloodless coup in 1982 [see pp. 31501-02].
Such protests have been declared illegal under a state of emergency imposed on June 12, 1986.
Opposition parties came out against the arrest, likening the government action to the emergency imposed in the country in 1975.
Sharif called for the boycott of the January 2008 elections because he believed the poll would not be fair, given a state of emergency imposed by Musharraf.
In 1986, during the state of emergency imposed after unrest grew in the black townships, the Council's powers expanded enormously.
In the 1970's, he was ejected from the governing Congress Party after challenging the state of emergency imposed by Mrs. Gandhi.
The laws, enacted under a nationwide state of emergency imposed in 1986, have already been used to suspend three anti-apartheid publications and warn seven other journals.
The election occurred during a state of emergency imposed by President of Nauru Marcus Stephen.
He went on to urge the immediate lifting of the state of emergency imposed by Kocharian on March 1.
The other condition is the total lifting of the national state of emergency imposed in June 1986.