by Farah Stockman
WASHINGTON - The trial of six Algerian-Bosnians being held at Guantanamo Bay began yesterday at a federal courthouse in Washington D. C., the first after dozens of petitions for release moved forward following a landmark Supreme Court ruling this summer said that detainees have constitutional rights.
Yesterday, as the detainees were authorized to listen [...]
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: Dr Aafia Siddiqui, when asked by a Pakistani embassy representative on Saturday as to her whereabouts and movements since her disappearance from Karachi, along with her three children, on 30 March 2003, refused to say anything, that being her lawyer’s advice.
Faqir Asif Hussain, consular at the Pakistan embassy in Washington, was [...]
The courtroom was packed. Sketch artists were in place. Journalists and other spectators squeezed into seats. Marshals kept a watchful eye.
Mark Lenihan/Associated Press
Aafia Siddiqui is accused of shooting at F.B.I. agents.
The place was Federal District Court in Manhattan, where a Pakistani neuroscientist was to be arraigned on criminal charges on Tuesday. Government officials have said [...]
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