NEW YORK: Aafia Siddiqui Tuesday called the prosecution’s first witness a liar at her alleged murder attempt trial in a federal court when he testified that the Pakistani neuroscientist was arrested with a handwritten note outlining plans to attack some of New York City’s landmarks.
“I was never planning a bombing. You are lying,” Dr. Siddiqui, [...]
In the United States, she’s been dubbed “the most dangerous woman in the world.” In Pakistan, she is seen as a victim of American injustice in the fight against al-Qaeda. And at the opening of her trial in New York, the judge found her too disruptive and had her removed from the courtroom.
“I was never [...]
Judge Richard Berman ordered Dr. Aafia Siddqui out of the Southern District of New York court on the first day of her trial after her shocking outburst proclaiming that she was held in a secret prison and her children were tortured.
The outburst was in response to the testimony of the first prosecution witness, Robert Lee Snyder, a [...]
NEW YORK: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with alleged attempt to attack American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, has been shifted to New York from a medical facility in Texas where she underwent a complete psychological evaluation.
Ms. Siddiqui, 37, was sent to Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, on the [...]
NEW YORK: Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani national indicted in the US on terrorism charges, last August is unable to account for five years of her life and this may have an adverse affect on Islamabad’s efforts to get her released, according to experts here.
Ms Siddiqui, a neuroscientist and an alumna of MIT and Barandeis universities, [...]
Five years of torture is enough to break the strongest person. She is a frail woman, a mother most probably innocent. I don’t know when will her miseries end. She deserves to be united with her kids. Her son is said to be held in Afghanistan. He is only 11 years old. It’s beyong understanding [...]
Here is the baseless accusation on Dr. Aafia by US Officials.
AAFIA SIDDIQUI ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO KILL UNITED STATES OFFICERS IN AFGHANISTAN
NEW YORK- Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark J. Mershon, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of [...]
