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Protest held for Aafia’s release
ISLAMABAD – Civil society members on Wednesday held a protest demonstration outside the National Press Club to press their demand for Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s release from an American jail before the 18th Eid of her imprisonment.
The protesters slammed the government’s indifference towards the issue and chanted anti-US slogans. They described Aafia as the daughter of the whole Muslim world and said every Muslim country should raise its voice to get her released.
In a written letter presented during the protest, Aafia’s mother appealed to the US and Pakistani governments to make possible the release of her daughter before Eid, a move that could also stable the US economy and strengthen the relation between the two countries.
Ready to forgive everyone when Dr Aafia returns home: Dr Fozia Sadique
MULTAN: Dr. Fozia Sadique sister of Dr Aafia Sadique said that she is ready to forgive everyone when Dr Aafia returns at home.
Talking to media persons here at Multan airport on Friday, Dr Fozia Sadique sister of Dr Aafia Sadique, detained in American jail said that all allegations on Dr Aafia are false and nation would not be satisfied till release of Dr Aafia.
She said that whole nation demands back of Dr Aafia on Pakistani land from where she was picked up.
Pak Taliban Kidnap two Swiss Tourists as Ransom for Aafia Siddiqui
For the past four weeks two Swiss citizens, David O. and Daniela W., both active police personnel, on a private trip across Pakistan have found themselves in the limelight of the continuous feud involving Pakistan and the US. For reasons best known to them, they were traversing Buy cialis online the North-West frontier Province (NWFP) in a VW van. Though a part of their route had a security detail accompanying them, they were apparently kidnapped by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and taken to North Waziristan.
The fading Swiss neutrality, which once had a sobering influence world-wide and since Switzerland’s entry to the United Nations a decade ago has faded, shows the same limitations that many nations face when confronted with brute force.
Pakistanis Contrast July 4 Message and Treatment of Aafia
July 4, 2011
LAHORE - Pasban Pakistan staged a protest in connection with the United States (US) National Day, in front of the Buy Cipro online without prescription Lahore Press Club on Monday. Protestors chanted slogans against the American justice system and brutality on Dr Aafia Siddique.
Pasban secretary and PRO Azam Minhas, Faisal Muneer, Wazir Khan, Dr Usman Bhatti, Latif Bhatti, Aasif Javaid and Malik Nasir addressed the protestors.
Aafia Movement marks world day against torture
KARACHI: Aafia Movement organised a walk from the Karachi Press Club to Governor House to commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, here on Sunday.
The walk was lead by the sister of Dr Aafia, detained in the United States and Aafia Movement’s Chairperson Dr Fouzia Siddiqui. She presented a memorandum at the Governor House. A large number of people belonging to Pasban, Orat Foundation, Human Rights Network, Jamaat-e-Islami and civil society participated in the walk.
Aafia Release Marches, 3000Days in Captivity Marked; Police Harassment
In June, several marches were held across Pakistan. Another sad milestone was marked: Aafia has now been held over 3,000 days in captivity.
During the marches, heavy police and Ranger para-military presence was noted with some minor harassment of protesters who remained peaceful despite provocation from some “official” elements.
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US turns down Pak Govt’s offer to trade terror-suspect Aafia for CIA contractor Davis
The Pakistan Government offered to trade double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis with Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is suspected by US intelligence to be an al Qaeda operative and is currently serving 86 years in federal prison for attempted murder.
According to a senior US administration official and a Pakistani official involved in the negotiations to free Davis, the Pakistan Government proposed trading the American for Aafia, but the US government immediately dismissed the offer.
“The Pakistanis have raised it. We are not going to pursue it,” ABC News quoted the US official, as saying.
IJN RELEASES NEW EVIDENCE IN CASE OF DR AAFIA SIDDIQUI – CALLS FOR REPATRIATION
Early Monday morning, International Justice Network published a report regarding the highly controversial case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Representing the Siddiqui Family in the United States, IJN has spent the past 14 months researching the circumstances surrounding the unusual arrest and custody of the Pakistani mother of three. Supported with previously unreleased evidence, IJN has uncovered direct involvement by Pakistan agencies in the disappearance of Dr. Aafia and her three young children in March 2003 — five years before the US government claims she was first arrested in Afghanistan in July 2008.
The report, Aafia Siddiqui: Just the Facts, reveals shocking new evidence that contradicts official statements from governments of both Pakistan and the United States that Dr. Siddiqui was not detained in their custody prior to her arrest in 2008. IJN has obtained a secret audio recording of a senior Pakistani police official who admits he was personally involved in the arrest of Dr. Siddiqui and her children eight years ago.
