Three Women One Story: In Search Of Justice

By Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui With 2nd May and the focus of world politics, the past months took a back seat when I saw the story of three women flash before my eyes. The solution to these events is simple but slipping from our grips as time is ticking away. I share with you three women. [...]

Protest for Release of Afia Siddiqui: Oct 29/ 2008

Wearing pink badges marked with No. 650, signifying the prisoner number of an unidentified woman in Bagram Jail, the relatives of missing persons on Wednesday gathered in front of Geo TV building for yet another peaceful effort to press for the release of their dear ones. This time joined by a large number of civil [...]

Where Have Afia’s Children Gone?

Dr Shams Hassan Faruqi sits amid his rocks and geological records, shakes his bearded head and stares at me. “I strongly doubt if the children are alive,” he says. “Probably, they have expired.” He says this in a strange way, mournful but resigned, yet somehow he seems oddly unmoved. As a witness, supposedly, to the [...]

Afia my daughter is a Slap on Face of US Justice

Feb 9 2010 By Yvonne Ridley Many of us are still in a state of shock over the guilty verdict returned on Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The response from the people of Pakistan was predictable and overwhelming and I salute their spontaneous actions. From Peshawar to Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and beyond they marched in their thousands [...]

3 Legal Options to Handle Afia Siddiqui

by ahmersoofi@hotmail.com The jury of the Manhattan court found Dr Afia Siddiqui guilty of charges of attempted murder and convicted her. Now on the next date of hearing, the judge after listening to the lawyers shall sentence her. The conviction prevents the executive branch of the US government from intervening. Therefore no matter how much [...]

A Pakistani on Trial — With No Pakistani Reporters

By Petra Bartosiewicz / New York Aafia Siddiqui may be a minor light in the constellation of alleged al-Qaeda operatives, but her New York City trial may be a test case for the way justice is meted out to one of the major figures accused of running the terror organization.  Siddiqui is a US trained, [...]

Was Afia Siddiqui a Counter-Spy?

The mystery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui The Guardian, Tuesday November 24 2009 Declan Walsh on a hot summer morning 18 months ago a team of four Americans ­ two FBI agents and two army officers ­ rolled into Ghazni, a dusty town 50 miles south of Kabul. They had come to interview two unusual prisoners: [...]

Afia’s Mother Files a Case in Islamabad High Court

On July 8, Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Muhammad Bilal Khan here directed the ministry of Foreign Affairs to submit its comments regarding developments in the case of Dr Afia Siddiqui for bringing her back to the country. The court sought the response of the foreign ministry after a review petition was filed by [...]

What Needs to be Done for Dr Afia Siddiqui’s Release

  We need to be absolutely clear that the real issue here is the second set of allegations in which Aafia is victim, not accused.    By remaining silent on that issue now, the whole world is allowing a victim tobecome accused. Since this has already become one of the most famous trials of the [...]

Protest for Release of Afia Siddiqui: Oct 29/ 2008

Wearing pink badges marked with No. 650, signifying the prisoner number of an unidentified woman in Bagram Jail, the relatives of missing persons on October 29/ 2008 gathered in front of Geo TV building in Islamabad for yet another peaceful effort to press for the release of their dear ones. This time joined by a [...]