Author: Esra’a (Bahrain)
More than 5 years ago, Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neurologist and mother of three was accused without evidence by the U.S government to have links with Al Qaeda (don’t we all?)
Since 9/11 her life and the lives of many innocent Arabs, Muslims, Afghans and Pakistanis within the USA changed for the worse, when [...]
By Maryam Sakeenah
Countercurrents.org
Shortly after the disappearance of young Dr. Afia Siddiqui and her three minor [...]
The Syrian government should immediately release three women detained by state authorities since July 31, 2008, unless they have evidence that these women have committed criminal offenses and intend to try them for these, Human Rights Watch said today.
The women live in al-`Otayba, a village approximately 20 km east of Damascus, and are the wives [...]
The case against Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani MIT graduate and detainee of the US held for over five years under mysterious circumstances, is finally being made public - and looks to fulfill more in a pattern of dubious evidence and maltreatment in the name of the War on Terror.
By Marryam Haleem,
It may be all [...]
SHAUN MULLEN, TMV Columnist
When the Bush administration put out the word that only guilty verdicts were allowable at the Guantánamo Bay war crimes tribunal, Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann saluted crisply and answered the call.
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By BENEDICT CAREY
They have closely studied suspects, looking for mental quirks. They have suggested lines of questioning. They have helped decide when a confrontation is too intense, or when to push harder. More than those in the other healing professions, psychologists have played a central role in the military and C.I.A. interrogation of people suspected [...]
By Justin Florence
Last week, Salem Hamdan was tried and sentenced by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay in the first proceeding of its kind since 9/11. A Pentagon-selected panel of six senior military officers carefully deliberated about the verdict and the sentence over several days, ultimately agreeing on a sentence of 66 months - after [...]
Author: Esra’a (Bahrain)
You might remember our previous posts calling for the unblocking of Yemeni websites, all of which remain blocked within the country to this day. But that is not all, owners and editors of the blocked websites have been threatened and harrassed, and at least one has been imprisoned without trial, a legitimate charge [...]
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
After more than six years as a prisoner of the United States, former TV cameraman Sami al-Hajj is back at work with Al-Jazeera, the largest broadcaster in the Arab world, a thorn in the side of most Arab governments - and, by most indications, a target of deep hostility from the [...]
July 18th 2008. Ghazni, Afghanistan . This video, obtained by Cageprisoners shows the media conference following the ‘arrest’ of a woman and a teenager identified by Afghan police as Saliha and Ali Ihsan. The US allege that this is Aafia Siddiqui and her 12 year old son, Ahmad.
Aafia Siddiqui was extradited to the US [...]
by Amad
A new chapter in the long and painful saga of the “War on Terror” has been revealed to the public. The facts are murky, the details impossible to confirm.
While there are several possibilities, there is one that most will find almost impossible to believe. We are not ready to believe that Dr. Aafia is [...]
by Tim Bella
Aafia Siddiqui (Credit: AP Photo)
As U.S. and Pakistani officials sort through the confusion following Aafia Siddiqui’s transfer to New York after being charged with trying to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan last month, a key question remains: Where has Siddiqui been for the past five years?
The American-trained [...]
Lawyers for alleged Lady Al Qaeda Aafia Siddiqui have challenged the government to turn over evidence of her evil plans.
Denying that she was carrying a pocket book of evil at the time of her arrest, her lawyer, Elaine Sharp told the New York Daily News: “Put up or shut up, that is what I say. [...]
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