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New Yorker goes on a hunger strike to protest MIT trained Neuroscientist’s guilty conviction
The conviction of MIT trained Neuroscientist, Dr. Afia Siddiqui has been met with many protests worldwide. A New Yorker of Pakistani descent is protesting by going on a hunger strike in front of the UN building.
Muhammad Aamish, a graduate of New York’s Queens College, began his protest on Friday in the Ralph Bunche park, named after an American educator, political scientist, and United Nations mediator. Aamish called the jury’s verdict “biased”, and told reporters he would continue his hunger strike until Dr. Siddiqui is released or an assurance is given to him that she will be released.
There have been many peaceful protests throughout Dr. Siddiqui’s native country Pakistan condemning the jury’s decision to convict Dr. Siddiqui. Many more protests are planned by the youth groups of Pakistan in an effort to secure her release.
