Dr Asif, she is still an american citizen. Did you even read the news? The questio still remains, what was she doing in Afghanistan, her whole family was either in USA or Pakistan, then why Afghanistan? Even in normal times Pakistani or US women avoid going to Afghanistan, and this was happening at the time of crisis. So why? Face burn is a minor injury? Reham Khan. She is a US citizen. It may be an act of humanity to seek redressal to injustice and assault.
But why is the FO, Consulate and embassy involved in the matter which is US prison security responsibility? Have we intervened? And what about Headly case? Does the FO show any concerns about other prisoners incarcerated across the world. Seems to me there is only 1 Pakistani prisoner in jail. Tanvir Khan. Best analysis by Oscar Wilde, years ago: America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between!
Gerry Dc. Dr Siddiqui should be released on humantiran ground by the USA as a women she suffered a lot. Imagine if she was a US citizen Pakistani prison. It was a shocking decision by the US court to jail her for 86 years. What was a MIT neuroscientist doing in Afghanistan?
Up to no good.. Dr Asif, if only us legal system was as enlightened as you are. Sane Mind1st. Fastrack, where will US let her go? She is American citizen. Go read her history before making yourself a laughing stock. Nasheed Ahmed. It's high time to release Dr. Shame on our leadership. Riaz Uddin. Afia case was not defended well! Her lawyer failed to convince Judge and Jury that she was not involved in alleged attack on USA forces stationed at Ghazni Afghanistan. Prosecution was well prepared and armed with cogent evidence proved the offence of Ms.
Afia beyond reasonable doubt. Her supporters in Pakistan unfortunately instead treating the issue seriously being purely legal tried their best to politicize her arrest. Aafia in captivity. And in any case, very few believe the narrative behind her conviction. A Bostonian, All her family members are US citizens too, surely they will take her care. They have better rights there. Aug 22, am. Manu USA. I am wondering, if she is still a doctor? Mike Mogul. Where are advocates for Freedom of speech?
Al Athar. As an American citizen, she should be subjected to American law. Kristie A Breshears, spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons, confirmed to Al Jazeera that they are aware of the incident but declined to provide more details.
In , Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison under a colonial-era treason law by a Pakistani court. His appeal is still pending before a high court in Peshawar. Over the past few months, calls in the US for release and repatriation of Siddiqui have become more intense. Last month, the Boston chapter of United Steelworkers, a labour union, passed a resolution calling on the US government to free Siddiqui and allow the visit of independent medical practitioners from Doctors Without Borders MSF to evaluate her mental and physical injuries.
I hope you will see this. Sister Aafia is being held in deplorable conditions here in Texas. Bring her home. The American woman was captured over a year ago while participating in humanitarian relief work in Syria. The issue of Afridi's release is reportedly one of the major obstacles to the improvement of ties between the US and Pakistan. Singh has also named people who were detained and transferred by the CIA and its allied or cooperating intelligence outfits. Ruling out any move to hand over to US authorities its national involved with a double-murder case in Lahore, Pakistan's court directed govt to put his name on the Exit Control List, to prevent him from leaving Pakistan.
US authorities have allowed Pakistani diplomats to visit a female al-Qaida suspect recently captured in Afghanistan. Police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square - a major tourist destination - focused on finding a man who was videotaped shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found. Have you read these stories? View: When quality matters more than quantity Updated: Nov 13, , Aafia Siddiqui.
From Algeria to Iraq to Yemen, one name crops up again and again in the demands of Islamist hostage-takers: Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani scientist jailed in the United States for attacking American soldiers in Afghanistan. A Pakistan-born neuroscientist has become a rallying cry for militant groups demanding her release from a U. But in a little-noticed move she is trying to abandon her legal fight for freedom, saying the U.
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