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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
Activists Rally Against State Repression in Washington D.C.
Activists hold banner in defense of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a mother of 3 and a political prisoner serving an 86-year sentence in U.S. federal prison. (Fight Back! News/Staff)
Washington, DC – More than 50 protesters came together here, in front of the U.S. Department of Justice on Sept. 10 for a rally in defense of Muslims, anti-war activists and immigrants facing state repression. Organizations supporting the rally included the National Jericho Movement, International Action Center, and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, among others.
David Hoskins from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression raised the case of the 23 anti-war and international solidarity activists whose homes were raided on September 24, 2010 and are being subpoenaed as part of a campaign of state repression against activists.
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.
Hundreds march against Dr Aafia’s ‘illegal’ detention
* Aafia’s sister Dr Fauzia leads protest, says all allegations
‘baseless’, US court proceedings ‘fraud’
By Hussain Kashif
LAHORE: Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister, Dr Fauzia Siddiqui on Tuesday mobilised hundreds of young students from key educational institutes across the city to protest against the detention and torture of Dr Aafia who is currently in US custody.
The protest rally was organised by the Insaf Students Federation (ISF) of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and was held in front of the US Consulate.
Students protest against Dr Aafia verdict at Liberty Chowk
LAHORE: Around 200 students of different universities of the city on Friday staged a protest in favour of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and other missing persons at the Liberty roundabout.
The Students Action Committee (SAC) had organised the protest, which was attended by students and faculty members of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Punjab University (PU), Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST), University of Management and Technology (UMT) and National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES).
Students chanted slogans in favour of Dr Aafia as well as against the US and demanded the government bring her back from the US and try her in local courts. They were holding posters of Aafia while many wore black armbands and distributed pamphlets among the participants.
Charges against Dr Aafia biased
By Masood Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Legal experts on Thursday termed as biased and partial the opinion of a New York jury that found Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, guilty of attempted murder charges on all seven counts listed in the complaint against her. She was tried on the charges of trying to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan on July 28, 2008. However, the jury did not find her guilty on any premeditated murder charge. According to her lawyer, Siddiqui could be given a sentence of up to 35 years. Commenting on the jury’s opinion, noted lawyer Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry said it was a case of no evidence and Aafia could not be charged and sentenced. Condemning the jury’s opinion, he regretted that an innocent citizen of Pakistan was being sentenced for something she did not do.
He said the jury’s opinion indicates that its members are biased against Pakistanis. He said the decision was a slap on the US’ so called independent and impartial judicial system.
LHCBA condemns US court verdict against Dr Aafia
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) general house on Thursday condemned the US jury verdict against Dr Aafia Siddiqui, terming it a brutal act by the country that claims to champion human rights. The bar also criticised the government of Pakistan for failing to protect its “innocent citizen”.
LHCBA adopted a resolution demanding Dr Aafia and her two children be released immediately as all allegations against her were baseless and she was a victim of American prejudice against Muslims.
Defence highlights lack of coherence in testimony against Dr Aafia Siddiqui
NEW YORK: The trial of Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani scientist charged with shooting at her US interrogators in Afghanistan, moved into the final stage on Monday, with defence lawyers highlighting in their final arguments the lack of coherence in the accounts by prosecution witnesses. After both the prosecution and defence delivered their closing arguments, the 16-member jury went into deliberations to reach a verdict.
According to experts, the verdict could come early next week, although there is no fixed timeframe for the judgement.
The defence’s main argument was that evidence by the prosecution witnesses lacked coherence and their varying accounts were, in fact, contradictory – not only to each other but to themselves. Besides, the defence argued emphatically that there was no physical evidence produced by the prosecution to substantiate charges against Dr Aafia. The prosecution, they stated, tried to create an “atmosphere of fear” by producing handwritten notes by Aafia.
No concrete proofs presented against Aafia
The hearing in the prevailing week of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui case has come to end here in a court during which, the prosecutor could only produce witnesses with contradictions in their testimonies against Aafia.
Two more witnesses were questioned on weekend of hearing in the case including an FBI investigation officer and the other was eyewitness in the case.
She, on many occasions during the proceedings of Friday’s hearing, kept voicing concerns over the eligibility and sincerity of counsels defending her in the case. Also, she asked the judge for allowing her meeting with US president Obama as according to her, she could be helpful in maintenance of peace in Afghanistan.
