By Yvonne Ridley, Press TV
Aafia Siddiqui
The FBI lost much of its credibility when its chief J. Edgar Hoover was revealed to be a transvestite who preferred to be called Mary.
Hoover, probably the most powerful men in America some say even more powerful then the presidents he served under, was the originator of dirty [...]
A verdict is expected in the Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, the first to be delivered by the controversial tribunals created by the Bush administration.
The panel of six US military officers began its second day of deliberations on Tuesday over the case against Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni citizen who [...]
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 [...]
Deirdre Jurand
[JURIST] US Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) [official websites] have introduced a bill [S. 3401 summary, PDF; press release] designed to establish a procedure for all habeas corpus petitions made by Guantanamo detainees. The Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 responds to recently raised concerns by US Attorney [...]
NEW YORK: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has shifted Doctor Aafiya Siddiqui to New York where she would be produce in front of court and could get 20 years of imprisonment in accusation of attacking on American Army officers. While Pakistan has sought counselor access to the detained doctor
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, a Pakistani and former [...]
Foreign Countries Sent Interrogators
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
The Bush administration informed all foreign intelligence and law enforcement teams visiting their citizens held at Guantanamo Bay that video and sound from their interrogation sessions would be recorded, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The policy suggests that the United States could possess hundreds [...]
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onlineredaktion - Saudi Arabia is to build five modern prisons in the kingdom to replace US Guantanamo detention facility, a new report has revealed.
Jordanian daily quoted unnamed sources as saying that US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Saudi officials are cooperating [...]
..Lies… lies, and more lies.. obvious lies! I do not understand how they expect us to believe these lies! Perhaps we need to ask them… if Aafia isn’t the “Grey Lady of Bagram” who IS??
NEW YORK (CNN) — A Pakistani scientist accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month has [...]
..This is such an obvious lie! How do they expect us to believe these things? Be sure to read her background under ‘profiles’!
WASHINGTON — An American-trained Pakistani neuroscientist with ties to operatives of Al Qaeda has been charged with trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in a police station in Afghanistan last month, [...]
By Yvonne Ridley, Press TV
In a few days time, I will be stepping on board a boat in an attempt to sail into the world’s largest open-air prison - known as Gaza - to help break the vicious Israeli siege which has virtually destroyed the economy, health, education and welfare systems there.
Joining me will [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. military must charge or immediately release a Reuters cameraman detained in Iraq, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday.
Reuters journalist Ali al-Mashhadani (R), a television cameraman,
embraces a colleague shortly after his release from Abu Ghraib
prison in Baghdad January 15, 2006.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Ali al-Mashhadani, who also works [...]
OMAR EL AKKAD
OTTAWA — Omar Khadr’s U.S. military defence lawyer will try this month to have charges against his client tossed out – launching what may be the final legal broadside against the U.S. government before the detained Canadian’s trial is expected to start in October.
Lieutenan
t-Commander Bill Kuebler has filed three motions with the Guantanamo [...]
CAGEPRISONERS PRESS RELEASE
04/08/2008
Cageprisoners demand answers on Siddiqui custody
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FBI admit to detention of Aafia Siddiqui five years after disappearance
In response to the FBI admission that disappeared Aafia Siddiqui is in custody in Afghanistan, alive but injured, Asim Qureshi, Senior Researcher for Cageprisoners, issued the following statement:
“There are many questions that the FBI and the Pakistani government [...]
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