Aafia Siddiqui

The case of Aafia Siddiqui has brought with it a wave of emotion from all corners of the world. The detention of this woman, and allegedly her children, has evoked condemnation from politicians, lawyers and activists all over the world. In an environment where the abuses in the ‘War on Terror’ are becoming increasingly known, [...]  

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (APP): A federal judge Thursday rejected a defence lawyers’ plea that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui could not be tried in the United States as they pointed out that the Pakistani neuroscientist’s alleged crime took place outside the country, while she vowed to boycott her January trial. Ms. Siddiqui, 37, is languishing in a [...]  

ISLAMABAD: Spokesman of the Foreign Office, Abdul Basit on Friday underlined that the Pakistan Embassy in Washington will methodically pursue the hearing of the Pakistani neuroscientist, Aafia Siddiqui case staring from January 19, 2010. Abdul Basit expressed these views while talking to a host of Journalists after participating in the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee [...]  

ISLAMABAD: Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of DR Aafia Siddiqui, has demanded of the American government to release Dr Aafia first under the Geneva Convention and then demand release of the five detained Americans under the same law. Dr. Fauzia was talking to a private TV channel here on Saturday. She said that the American rulers are [...]  

NEW YORK – While a defiant Aafia Siddiqui declared that she would boycott her trial in January, a federal judge Thursday rejected her lawyers’ plea that she could not be tried in the United States as they pointed out that the Pakistani neuroscientist’s alleged crime took place outside the country. Ms Siddiqui, who was brought [...]  

In the rush of events we almost missed this from the Associated Press: Al-Qaida suspect promises NY trial boycott By LARRY NEUMEISTER (AP) November 19, 2009 NEW YORK — A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial. Aafia Siddiqui interrupted lawyers at her pretrial hearing in U.S. [...]  

ISLAMABAD - After going through the sorry tale of Dr Aafia Siddiqui who was mysteriously handed over to Americans years ago, Chairman Standing Committee of Senate on Interior Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood has summoned former interior minister Faisal Saleh Hayat and former secretary interior Syed Kamal Shah.“Mystery of Aafia, who is still in captivity of the self-styled champion of human rights, USA, stymied temperatures of many...  

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Shahid Siddiqui, who criticised the functioning of party chief Mayawati, was expelled from the party with immediate effect on Monday for “anti-party activities.” — PTI ...  

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ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Senate’s standing committee for interior Senator Talha Mahmood said former President Pervez Musharraf and former interior minister could be quizzed over Dr. Aafia Siddiqui issue if needed. The standing committee meeting chaired by Senator Talha Mahmood held here. The officials of interior and foreign ministries briefed the meeting about measures taken for [...]  

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But after the political change-over in India, the then Indian Prime minister Morarji Deshai handed over our 6,000 comrades to Ziaur Rahman," he said. "Otherwise, we could have installed our government in Bangladesh," he said. Siddiqui claimed that ...  

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ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government is seriously considering a proposal by the Foreign Office to swap the five American nationals held on terror charges for Pakistani doctor Aafia Siddiqui who is detained in the US. “We have sent a proposal to the President and the Prime Minister not to deport the detained US nationals unilaterally,” a [...]  

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