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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
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 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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What Do Pakistanis See When They Look In The Mirror These Days?
by: Mauri Saalakhan
I begin with a question: How can Pakistanis look at themselves in the mirror and not feel absolute contempt for the tribal image they see glaring back at them?
As soon as I heard about the deal struck for the release of the CIA connected murderer, Raymond Davis, I made an inquiry into the terms of the agreement. Was Aafia Siddiqui’s release part of the deal? The answer in one word: “No.”
How disgustingly shameful this is! A foreign mercenary working under diplomatic cover can reportedly shoot two Pakistani citizens in the back (killing both in the process), and a court of law can find this murderer “Not guilty” – using the aggrieved families’ acceptance of ”blood money” under coercive circumstances, and in Buy cipro online violation of the applicable terms of Islamic law, as a feeble justification.
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.
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.
12 years old daughter of Dr. Aafia returned to the maternal aunt today in Karachi.
Dr. Aafia SiddiquiAafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani Muslim neuroscientist and MIT alumna. She was mother of three. She was convicted in NY City of assault with a deadly weapon attempting to kill an American soldier and FBI agents who were seeking to question Buy propecia online her. She had disappeared in March 2003 after being accused of being an al-Qaeda member. She resurfaced when she was arrested July 2008 by the Afghan Police. The arrest news was spread in the national and international media and here is just one instance. Her relatives asserted that she does not have any connection with al-Qaeda. After her conviction, thousands of people protested, and the Taliban threatened to kill captured American soldiers.
Custody of the son, Muhammad Ahmed, of the detained scientist in America, was handed over to Ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul by the Afghanistan Government in September 2008 after being imprisoned for 5 years. He was only 6 when he was abducted.
