By KHALID AZIZ
ISLAMABAD- Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s family has extended profound gratitude to the present democratic government for making serious efforts in bringing Dr Aafia’s son Muhammad Ahmad back home.
Saad Saleem, Spokesperson Defence of Human Rights (DHR), an NGO struggling for the release of missing persons, said here during a press conference [...]
LONDON, (APP): The British member of Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed has sought permission to visit Pakistan neuro-scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui under US custody in New York on alleged charges of terrorism.
Speaking at a news conference at his Central London office on Tuesday accompanied by former British journalist Yvonne Ridley who had first raised concerns [...]
..This serves to prove a few things, some of which are - how deeply traumatized this poor child is, how long he has been in Afghanistan, and also how terribly afraid he must be.. we in the USA should be so proud of ourselves!
WASHINGTON: Ahmed, the 11-year-old boy said to have been apprehended with Aafia [...]
by Tim Bella
What happens when an 11-year-old U.S. citizen is held by Afghanistan’s intelligence service? According to the U.S. State Department, not much, at least for now.
It is, for sure, a complicated case. Early this week, we noted a Washington Post article detailing confirmation that Afghan security forces had been holding Ahmed Siddiqui, the [...]
THE case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, an award-winning Pakistani neuroscientist who grew up in the US and was a star student at top US universities including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston, is perhaps the most bizarre in the US war on terror. Siddiqui, 32 at the time, went missing with her three children [...]
By NISAR MEHDI
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Central General Secretary Munawar Hassan has urged the government to take-up efforts to release Dr Aafia Siddiqui from the captivity of United States.
He lashed on agencies who are harassing the family of Dr Aafia and said that it’s the prime responsibility of the government to protect [...]
Palestinian female detainees, members and supporters of Hamas movement, imprisoned Israel demanded international and local feminist groups to intervene and practice pressure on the Israeli occupation in order void a deportation order against a female detainee and her six children.
The detainees said that they observe with deep concern the Israeli decision to deport detainee Nora [...]
The wife of a controversial Muslim cleric deported to Tunisia in October is protesting in front of the Parliament Buildings in an effort to push the federal government to allow his return to Canada.
Nancy-Ann Adams said she is struggling
to care for three children on her own.
(CBC)
Nancy-Ann Adams arrived on Parliament Hill Monday with [...]
Lawyers defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, and four other Guantanamo detainees have asked for the presiding military judge to dismiss their cases, saying the timing is politically motivated.
The men are to stand trial over the attacks on September 15, according to the court filing quoted by AP.
However the men’s lawyers say [...]
As time marches on, Saifullah Paracha remains behind a cage door in Guantanamo. His health problems worsen, and he needs a heart procedure that cannot be done at Guantanamo. He is not the only detainee there who is seriously ill. He has been seriously ill since he was arrested. In fact, [...]
Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter Only a third of Canadians believe Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr will receive a fair trial if the U. S. prosecutes him for war crimes, but the majority of Canadians still don’t want him brought home, a new survey released today reveals.
The Angus Reid Strategies poll shows a country still [...]
By Miral Sattar
2006
I had been following Uzair Paracha’s trial closely in the news. I, like many others, was confident the jury would announce a ‘not guilty’ verdict.
Uzair Paracha, 26, is a Pakistani native and a graduate from the elite business school IBA, Institute of Business Administration. He is a legal immigrant who grew up in [...]
Luisa Morgantini – This article, written by the Vice President of the European Parliament, was published in the Italian newspaper ‘Liberazione.’
The last time that Widad hugged her son was eight years ago, in a prison in Ashkelon, Israel: for many years since she was not allowed to see him, as the Israeli Authorities repeatedly denied [...]
Colonel’s decision to resign won’t affect terrorism case against Canadian Omar Khadr, Pentagon says
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Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen who was a 15-year-old child soldier when he allegedly killed a U. S. serviceman during a firefight in Afghanistan. The debate about his return to Canada must begin and end there. That the current and past Canadian governments have failed to secure his release and repatriation is a glaring [...]
by Sherwood Ross
Muslim prisoners held in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were submerged in water-filled garbage cans with ice or put naked under cold showers in near-freezing rooms until they went into shock, Sgt. Javal Davis, who served with the 372nd Military Police Company there, has told a national magazine.
Davis, from the Roselle, N.J., area, said [...]
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