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Sindhi demand release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day
Sindhi demand release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day
On Cap and Ajrak Cultural Day, Sindhi demand the release of a Pakistani Dr. Aifia Siddiqui, incarcerated in the United States for a false allegedly attempting to kill her interrogators while in Afghanistan. Karachi, Pakistan. 19th November 2011
Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s mother, sister meet PM Gilani
KARACHI, Sept 23 (APP): Ismat Siddiqui and Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, mother and sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, currently facing imprisonment in the United States, called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Friday.Prime Minister Gilani directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who was present in the meeting, to take all necessary steps to help secure the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah were also present on the occasion.
An Eid Messgae from the family of Aafia Siddiqui
(This is Aafia’s 18th Eid away from her family and children)
Eid al-Fitr, 2011/1432
Today we are waiting. We have had a lot of days like this since Aafia and her children disappeared in 2003. There might be some good news. There might be some bad news. There might be no news at all. That is just the way it is some days.
We have to take the time this Eid al-Fitr to acknowledge some special groups of people.
Aafia’s supporters in Pakistan and around the world who marched in peaceful demonstrations in the brutal heat and humidity of August, while fasting, to remind everyone that neither Aafia nor her missing son Suleman have been forgotten. Faith, resolve, and courage will always make powerful people nervous. Especially this year.
Pak Taliban Kidnap two Swiss Tourists as Ransom for Aafia Siddiqui
For the past four weeks two Swiss citizens, David O. and Daniela W., both active police personnel, on a private trip across Pakistan have found themselves in the limelight of the continuous feud involving Pakistan and the US. For reasons best known to them, they were traversing Buy cialis online the North-West frontier Province (NWFP) in a VW van. Though a part of their route had a security detail accompanying them, they were apparently kidnapped by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and taken to North Waziristan.
The fading Swiss neutrality, which once had a sobering influence world-wide and since Switzerland’s entry to the United Nations a decade ago has faded, shows the same limitations that many nations face when confronted with brute force.
Aik din geo ke saath – Dr. Aafia siddiqui’s family -31st july 2011
Aik din geo ke saath – Dr. Aafia siddiqui’s family -31st july 2011
Sohail Warrich Presents a fresh episode of Aik Din Geo Ke Saath on Geo News Talk With Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui.
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Surely the real point about Aafia Siddiqui is being missed?
by Asim Qureshi
Since the release of The Guantanamo Files in April 2011 by Wikileaks, there have been a number of stories written in relation to those detained at the infamous base. One of the stories that received some mainstream coverage though, was that of Aafia Siddiqui. However, the coverage that was received, completely missed the point.
During Aafia’s years of disappearance, a number of allegations were made against her by the US, allegations that were circled within the mainstream on a consistent basis. Among the more ridiculous statements that were made included references to her purportedly having run conflict diamonds out of Liberia in the summer of 2001 in order to fund Al Qaeda operations. The sad fact remains, that very few have considered the ludicrous allegations that have been levelled against her.
The most important point to note, however, is that the US refused to prosecute Aafia on any terrorism related offences as part of their case. They started the case making that point, and references to terrorism did not enter until the judge chose to enhance her sentence claiming that he felt she had links.
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.
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.
British Parliamentarians for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
LONDON (UK): Four British Muslim Parliamentarians have demanded release of Dr.Aafia Siddiqui from the US custody and her return to Pakistan along with her two missing children.
In a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama and released to the media, Lord Nazir Ahmed along with Lord Altaf Sheikh, Lord Patel and MP Muhammad Sarwar have stressed that Dr.Siddiqui’s cause has become a rallying point for the people of Pakistan .
“We must stress that anti-American feeling her treatment is causing in an area key to success against extremist insurgency,” the Parliamentarians said.
Aafia Siddiqui: Victimized by American Depravity
by Stephen Lendman
Her trial proceedings were carefully orchestrated. Witnesses were either enlisted, pressured, coerced, and/or bought off to cooperate, then jurors were intimidated to convict, her attorney, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, saying their verdict was “based on fear, not fact.”
On February 3, 2010, after a sham trial, the Department of Justice announced Siddiqui’s conviction for “attempting to murder US nationals in Afghanistan and six additional charges.” When sentenced on May 6, she faces up to 20 years for each attempted murder charge, possible life in prison on the firearms charge, and eight years on each assault charge.
In March 2003, after visiting her family in Karachi, Pakistan, government Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents, in collaboration with Washington, abducted Siddiqui and her three children en route to the airport for a flight to Rawalpindi, handed them over to US authorities who took them secretly to Bagram prison, Afghanistan for more than five years of brutal torture and unspeakable abuse, including vicious beatings and repeated raping.
