Dr Aafia Siddiqui – The Prisoner 650

speech of Yvonne Ridley on 29 oct 2008

AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
By Juliane von Mittelstaedt
Aafia Siddiqui was once considered a brilliant scientist. Then the US government called her the new face of al-Qaida — a Pakistani woman who ranked among America’s top terrorism suspects. Now the MIT-educated mother of three is in custody, claiming her long disappearance was a wrongful abduction by the CIA.
On [...]

QUETTA: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights Senator Talha Mehmood on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the worsening health condition of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is imprisoned in the United States.
Talking to journalists here on Wednesday, he denied the news item appearing in the media, which said that she had lost her senses. [...]

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC), on a constitutional petition against the arrest of a Pakistani citizen, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and her three children, keeping them at separate places and their handing over to US, has issued notice to the respondents for December 5.

JAMAAT-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has demanded President Asif Ali Zardari and the PPP government ensure immediate repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqi and her minor children to Pakistan from the illegal custody of American agency, FBI.
It is not just the question of fundamental rights of an individual or a family in agony, but the question [...]

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has demanded President Asif Ali Zardari and PPP government take immediate measures for release of Dr Aafia Siddiqi and her minor children from the custody of FBI.
“It is not just the question of fundamental rights of an individual and her children or a family in agony, but the question [...]

ISLAMABAD: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed has demanded the government to ensure the repatriate of Dr Aafia Siddiqui as her detention is not only the violation of the rights of a woman and her children but it was the issue of the prestige of the whole nation.
In his letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, he [...]

Ugly Side of U.S. Law? – Aafia Siddiqui

Chris Cork
There is no shortage of mysteries in Pakistan. It’s a mystery to me how I survive the journey from Bahawalpur to Alipur, such is the suicidal recklessness of the drivers who ply that route. I would also like to know if the Taliban really did get their hands on a couple of disassembled helicopters [...]

KARACHI: The government of Pakistan has thus far not provided the fund for pleading the case of Dr. Aafia Sidiqui incarcerated in US, which appears putting the matter of her being brought to home in limbo

Sources said that despite repeated assurances from the government to Aafia Siddiqui family, they have not been given fund for [...]