Follow Us
Tag Archives: Aafia
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.
Buy zoloft online alt=”062511_afia 3000days-4a” width=”535″ height=”347″ />
Buy Viagra Professional Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed alt=”062511_afia 3000days-3a” width=”548″ height=”234″ />
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.
Dr Aafia doesn’t have faith in US judicial system: Mushahid
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (APP): Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is under U.S. detention on charges of attempted murder, does not have faith in the American judicial system and insists that the case against her is false and baseless, according to the head of a Pakistani parliamentary delegation which met her in Texas on Tuesday.
Mushahid, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told a press conference in New York on Wednesday evening that Dr. Siddiqui, a U.S.-educated Pakistani neuroscientist, wanted the case against her dropped and she wished to be returned to Pakistan.
Ms. Siddiqui, 36, who was shot in the abdomen by U.S. agent after she allegedly grabbed an American soldier’s gun during questioning in July, was brought to New York on August 4 to face charges of attempted murder and assault.
Mushahid, who met her for 2 hours 45 minutes at at Carswell Medical Centre in a military prison compound at Fort Worth near Dallas, Texas, said Ms. Siddiqui told them she had no faith in the U.S. courts hearing her case.
Dr. Aafia’s son arrives; handed over to family
ISLAMABAD, Sep 15 (APP): Muhammad Ahmad, son of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui arrived here on Monday evening after the Afghan government handed him over Buy propecia online to Pakistani authorities in Kabul. Muhammad Ahmad was later handed over to his family in Islamabad, media reports said.
Earlier Pakistan Press Counsellor in Afghanistan Naeem Khan talking to PTV confirmed the taking over the custody of Muhammad Ahmed and added he was being sent to Pakistan.
He said the Afghan Ministry of Home Affairs handed over Dr. Aafia’s son to Pakistan Consulate in Kabul at 1030 hours on Monday.
Govt played no part in recovery of Dr Aafia’s children: Soori
KARACHI: The role of present government in recovery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s son and daughter, Ahmed and Maryam , remained nothing except just holding photo sessions, said Human Rights Network (HRC) Karachi President Intikhab Alam Soori. In a statement here on Monday, he stated that soon after the recovery of both children, Interior Minister took them in his custody and summoned Dr Fauzia Siddiqui in Islamabad and claimed that the recovery of the children was made possible due to government efforts.
He charged that the government did not play its due role for recovering of the children and it did not give a chance to journalists to ask questions of them.
Talha urges PM to take up Dr Aafia’s issue in US
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior Senator Talha Mehmood has urged the Prime Minister to take up the issue of Dr Aafia Siddiqui with the US President on the sidelines of Nuclear Security Summit.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday the Chairman said Dr Aafia’s trial in US was the violation of International law. Government is not taking seriously the repatriation of Dr Aafia, he added.
Senator Talha said that the DNA report and fingerprints have confirmed that the 12 years old girl was Dr Aafia’s daughter Maryum. She was recovered from a US national John from Bagram Airbase Afghanistan, he added.
Has Aafia Siddiqui’s Daughter Surfaced?
Aafia Siddiqui has been at the center of one of the many mysteries flowing from the Bush and Obama administrations’ conduct of intelligence operations. A Pakistani native and former MIT scientist, background on Siddiqui can be found several places, including a Seminal diary by ondelette here.
The stories of Siddiqui’s disappearance and her recent trial in the US are too convoluted to easily summarize. For purposes of the story now emerging — the possible appearance of Siddiqui’s daughter – the bare bones are that, after returning to Pakistan from the US, Aafia Siddiqui was named by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in his US-run torture interrogations. Shortly thereafter, in March, 2003, Siddiqui disappeared. Her three children – oldest son Ahmed, 4-year-old Maryam and her infant son, Suleman — disappeared with her.
DNA proves girl as Aafia’s daughter: Malik
ISLAMABAD: The baby girl found from outside the house of Dr Fauzia, turned out to be the daughter of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, detained in US on alleged terror charges, Geo News reported Saturday.
Talking to media, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik revealed that the DNA test proved that the child is the daughter of Dr Aafia.
Rehman Malik said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will hold negotiations over issue relating the repatriation of Dr Aafia.
Recovered girl Dr. Aafia’s daughter
Pakistan confirms that an 11-year old girl, who has been in US custody for seven years and let loose in Karachi by unknown people, is the daughter of Aafia Siddiqui.
Daily Times, quoted the country’s Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, confirming the girl, Maryam Khan, as the daughter of Aafia Siddiqui.
A US citizen and MIT graduate, Aafia Siddiqui, disappeared on a trip to Pakistan. Six years later, it was known that she had been kept at the Bagram US Airbase, in Afghanistan.
Reports of rape and torture shows she has been kept under inhumane conditions at the base. She was later transferred to the US and was charged with attempted murder and links with al-Qaeda. She was given a sentence of 40 years.
