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Sindhi demand release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day
Sindhi demand release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day
On Cap and Ajrak Cultural Day, Sindhi demand the release of a Pakistani Dr. Aifia Siddiqui, incarcerated in the United States for a false allegedly attempting to kill her interrogators while in Afghanistan. Karachi, Pakistan. 19th November 2011
Aafia’s family says it has nothing to do with funds campaign
KARACHI: Until a few weeks ago, banners asking for Rs1.5 million in donations for the legal defence of Aafia Siddiqui adorned several neighbourhoods in Karachi.
Aafia is serving an 86-year sentence in the US on charges of attempting to kill US officials in Afghanistan. She is also widely believed to have been supporting al Qaeda.
Those banners, according to Aafia’s sister Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, have been removed at her behest as Fauzia does not believe this is the “right way” to ask for money and the banners were put up while she was not in Pakistan.
“It is not appropriate to ask for alms and donations for daughters. It is a daughter’s right.”
Picture : Pasban Shehdadpur workers protest in favor of Dr. Aafia
Pasban Shedadpur workers protest in favor of Dr. Aafia, they demand to release Aafia. They also protest against corruption in flood victims’ relief fund. They start flood victims relief campaign Aafia’s mother desire. Date: 26-09-2011
Free legal aid for Dr Aafia
LAHORE – Lawyers here have flayed the UN, OIC and the Government of Pakistan for not taking notice of the 86-year long sentence passed on Dr Aafia Siddique in serious violation of the human rights norms.
The lawyers said under the international law, the appeal filed against conviction to Dr Aafia commands earliest decision as the alleged offence was not proved but no pain has been taken to hear the appeals and no body bothered to agitate this issue.
SOURCE : Nation.com.pk
Rally against US justice system in favor of Dr. Aafia
In Karachi, a big rally was held from Masjid-e-Khizra to Karachi Press Club by Aafia Movement on the occasion of September 23rd 1st anniversary of the day when Aafia was sentenced for 86 years. Dr Fauzia Siddiqui and Paban Pakistan Chief Altaf Shakoor led the rally. Addressing the rally, addressing the rally Altaf Shakoor said that the Pakistani rulers had sold out Dr Aafia Siddiqui to the US for dollars. He said according to reports, the US court kept waiting for a contact from Islamabad for Dr Aafia’s release but it was in vain.
SOURCE : Demotix.com
Aafia’s tragic fate
With Dr Aafia Siddiqui completing one year out of her 86 year jail term in a US prison cell, the campaign in Pakistan for her release by ordinary citizens as well as her family has gained momentum. Her mother has revealed that Dr Aafia is kept under inhuman conditions; her jail cell is six feet long and she is not even allowed to recite the Holy Quran. A heavy sum of $4700 was charged for a short telephonic conservation with her.
So far, the US government has rebuffed all appeals for her release despite the fact that evidence against her is so weak that it makes a travesty of justice even under the US criminal justice system. The thing to note is that she had only allegedly pointed a gun at US marines in Afghanistan without killing anybody and the US courts awarded her a harsh sentence of 86 years.
Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s mother, sister meet PM Gilani
KARACHI, Sept 23 (APP): Ismat Siddiqui and Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, mother and sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, currently facing imprisonment in the United States, called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Friday.Prime Minister Gilani directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who was present in the meeting, to take all necessary steps to help secure the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah were also present on the occasion.
Scores rally for Aafia release
LAHORE – Scores of activists of religious and political parties took out a rally titled ‘All Pakistan Aafia Rally’ outside the Lahore Press Club Friday.
The rally was part of observing black day to protest for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who has been languishing in the US jail. Workers of various parties, including PML-N, JI, JUI, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal, Tehrik-i-Hurmate-i-Rasool and Khaksar Tehrik, observed the day, condemning the verdict against Dr Aafia and demanding the government mount up pressure on the US to secure her release.
