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July 23, 2010
KARACHI, July 23: Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, whose younger sister Dr Aafia Siddiqui is in prison in the United States, made an impassioned appeal on Friday to the people to raise their voice for her repatriation before Aug 16, when she said the US court would seal her fate.
Dr Fauzia, who was the guest speaker at ‘Meet the press’ programme of the Karachi Press Club on Friday, stressed the urgency of repatriation saying that under the US law a foreigner tried by a US court could be repatriated to the country of his nationality on the request of the government before the pronouncement of a sentence.
She said there were 19 such precedents in which undertrial prisoners after indictment were repatriated to their countries on the request of their respective governments.
She added that Dr Aafia was convicted despite all physical and forensic evidence showed that she could not have committed the acts she was charged with. Besides, she was not represented by lawyers of her choice, she said.
Dr Fauzia said that if there was a political will, the Pakistan government through its diplomatic channel could ask for the repatriation of her sister, who is neither a US citizen nor a green card holder as she had only one passport, issued by the Pakistan government.
Recounting the miseries and torture Dr Aafia Siddiqui suffered during her incarceration and trial, Dr Fauzia broke down a number of times.
She said as Dr Aafia was indicted...despite conceding that her links with Al-Qaeda, Taliban or any other such organisation were not found. She said that, according to the judge, after her long incarceration Dr Aafia had become a threat to society.
Saying that Dr Aafia, a US-trained neuroscientist, was devoted to her three children and her academic studies revolved around how children learned. She was now a mere shell of her former self.
Her repatriation was being sought so that she could pick up some fragments of life with her family, she said.
Ms Fauzia said in March 2003 Dr Aafia and her three children — Ahmad, six, and Maryum, four, both US citizens by birth, and six-month-old Suleman — were kidnapped in Karachi and on March 31, 2003 the Pakistan media reported that Dr Aafia had been arrested and turned over to US officials. In July 2008, Dr Aafia appeared in Ghazni. British citizen Yvonne Ridley, a former detainee at the Bagram prison, spoke of a “Grey lady” screaming at Bagram.
Dr Aafia’s son Ahmed was reunited with her aunt in late 2008 while daughter Maryum was dropped near her aunt’s home in Karachi in April 2010 after she had been missing for seven years. Dr Aafia’s youngest child, Suleman, who would now be about seven years old, remains missing and is feared dead.
She also clarified that her family was not affiliated with any political party and thanked the media for its support to her lone voice raised for Dr Aafia.
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Protests Seek Dr. Aafia's Release as Secy Clinton Arrives |
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July 17-19, 2010
The NEWS
Karachi
On the appeal of President Pasban Pakistan Altaf Shakoor protest demonstration in various cities of the country were held for the release and repartition of noted Pakistani woman scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is presently languishing in US detention. Addressing demos in Multan, Bahawalnager, Faisalabad, Badin, Sukkur, Peshawar and Quetta, Pasban leaders demanded of the government to take immediate and practical steps for the repartition of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
The NATION
ISLAMABAD – The speakers at a meeting urged the people from all walks of life to start a massive movement by holding seminars, rallies, public gatherings, and distributing pamphlets in and outside the country for the safe return of Dr Aafia Siddiqui as the government has failed to do anything. The event had organised by the Association of Business, Professional and Agricultural Women (ABPAW) to extend a strong support for Dr Aafia Siddiqui. People from all walks of life including NGOs, civil society representatives, lawyers and businesswomen attended the event.
REGIONAL TIMES
Effort urged to awaken world’s conscience on Dr Aafia’s issue
Karachi: Dr Aafia Siddiqui case is the biggest human and women rights issue of our times, and there is dire need for targeted steps to raise this pressing matter not only in Pakistan but also abroad, so as to awaken the world conscience on the plight of this innocent mother.
This was said by speakers at a meeting of ‘Release Aafia Committee’ here on Sunday. It was noted that on August 16, 2010, the American court would announce its verdict against Dr Aafia and it is likely that this innocent lady might be handed life imprisonment, though charges against her are fake, flimsy and ridiculous. Sadly, the case of Dr Aafia is not highlighted in the true human and women rights perspectives, and the world conscience is not fully shaken on this sensitive humanitarian matter.
It was felt that Pakistani rulers have not formally taken up the matter of Dr Aafia and her children with their US counterparts and there is no formal request from our government for repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The main reason behind this is if Dr Aafia’s case is brought to the limelight it would also pave way for the release and return of thousands of innocent Pakistanis who were illegally ‘sold’ by the former dictatorial regime to the US.
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Pak Supreme Court Lawyer supporting Dr. Aafia receives threats |
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July 16, 2010
ISLAMABAD: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Qazi Anwar, has said that he is receiving threats from the government.
“A message has been delivered to my nephew in the United States that I am on the hit list of the government,” he told newsmen at a press conference along with Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi Friday.
He said he would definitely attend the lawyer’s convention in Gujrat on Saturday if he survived.
The SCBA President said the he would announce a schedule to hold protests against Dr Aafia’s detention in US. The lawyers, he said, would start a nation-wide protest movement if the government did not take concrete measures to secure Aafia’s release.
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Effort urged to awaken world’s conscience on Dr Aafia’s issue |
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July 05, 2010
REGIONAL TIMES
Karachi: Dr Aafia Siddiqui case is the biggest human and women rights issue of our times, and there is dire need for targeted steps to raise this pressing matter not only in Pakistan but also abroad, so as to awaken the world conscience on the plight of this innocent mother.
This was said by speakers at a meeting of ‘Release Aafia Committee’ here on Sunday. It was noted that on August 16, 2010, the American court would announce its verdict against Dr Aafia and it is likely that this innocent lady might be handed life imprisonment, though charges against her are fake, flimsy and ridiculous. Sadly, the case of Dr Aafia is not highlighted in the true human and women rights perspectives, and the world conscience is not fully shaken on this sensitive humanitarian matter.
It was felt that Pakistani rulers have not formally taken up the matter of Dr Aafia and her children with their US counterparts and there is no formal request from our government for repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The main reason behind this is if Dr Aafia’s case is brought to the limelight it would also pave way for the release and return of thousands of innocent Pakistanis who were illegally ‘sold’ by the former dictatorial regime to the US.
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US Has Violated Int'l Laws by Shifting Aafia: Malik |
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July 09, 2010
The NATION
ISLAMABAD – Terming the shifting of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from Afghanistan to the USA negation of the international laws, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Islamabad would use political ways to bring Aafia back to the country.
Talking to media representatives here on Thursday after attending meeting held in connection with the Pak-USA Strategic Dialogue, Malik said that during the meeting Pakistan’s delegation informed the US delegation that Dr Aafia’s shifting from Afghanistan to America was a violation of the international laws.
He said that Pakistan had decided to fight politically for Aafia’s repatriation.
“The matter of Dr Aafia was discussed and we have decided to use every possible channel to bring her back”, he added. He said that Pakistan wanted close relations with the USA in war against terrorism for the sake of regional security and peace.
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American Ambasador summoned over Dr Aafia |
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May 26, 2010
Pakistani lawmakers urge the government to summon the US Ambassador to Pakistan over "the inhuman detention" of Pakistani national Aafia Siddiqui in US prison.
During a meeting of the Senate's Standing Committee of the Pakistani parliament, lawmakers from both the government and opposition voiced their concern over the trial of Aafia Siddiqui by calling it violation of human rights, a Press TV correspondent reported late on Tuesday.
The committee asked the government to present its progress report to the Senate Body within 15 days.
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Rallies demand release of Dr Aafia |
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May 17, 2010
KARACHI : Protest rallies in more than 50 cities and towns of the country including Karachi on Sunday demanded immediate release and repatriation of Pakistani woman scientist, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, terming her detention in the US illegal, immoral and a big question mark on human rights.
The rallies were organized on the call of Pasban in Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Rawalpinidi, Multan, Sarghoda, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Kotri and other cities and towns.
In Karachi a protest rally was arranged in front of Karachi Press Club, where the protesters termed Dr Aafia a living symbol of human rights in whole world. They said illegal kidnapping of Dr Aafia along with her minor children, inhuman torture on her in US torture camps in Afghanistan and her present illegal detention in the US and disappearance of her son Salman are big question marks over the charters and manifestos of human rights organizations of the world.
They demanded of the Pakistani government to take solid and sincere efforts for an early release and repatriation of Dr Aafia, whom they termed the daughter of Pakistan.
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