Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Sentencing
Posted On Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at at 11:37 AM by OwnerWAKE UP CALL TO NATIONAL LEADERS
GENERAL ASHFAQ KAYANI
NAWAZ SHARIF
ALTAF HUSSAIN
MUNAWAR HASAN
IMRAN KHAN
FAZLUR REHMAN
ASFANDYAR
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
AAFIA SIDDIQUI'S SENTENCING IS ANNOUNCED ON SEPT. 23 AND THE DOORS ARE CLOSED FOR HER.
Many of Siddiqui's supporters, including international human rights organizations, have claimed that Siddiqui was not an extremist and that she and her young children were illegally detained and interrogated by Pakistani intelligence during her five year disappearance, likely at the behest of the U.S. Siddiqui’s family has said she was abducted and tortured by U.S. intelligence.
After Siddiqui's conviction, she sent a message through her lawyer, saying that "she doesn’t want there to be violent protests or violent reprisals in Pakistan over this verdict." Her message indicates that she was neither an extremist nor terrorist. Thousands of students, political and social activists protested in Pakistan. Some shouted anti-American slogans, while burning the American flag and effigies of President Barack Obama in the streets. Her sister has spoken frequently and passionately on her behalf at rallies. Echoing her family's comments, and anti-U.S. sentiments, many believe she was picked up in Karachi in 2003, detained at the U.S. Bagram Airbase, and tortured, and that the charges against her were fabricated and / or exaggerated.
A petition was filed seeking action against the Pakistani government for it having not approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to have Siddiqui released from the United States. Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffree said the CIA arrested Siddiqui in Karachi in 2003, and one of her sons was killed during her arrest.
In Pakistan, Siddiqui's February 2010 conviction was followed with expressions of support by many Pakistanis, who appeared increasingly anti-American, as well as by politicians and the news media, who characterized her as a symbol of victimization by the United States.
USA needs to understand that if the verdict is against her, people and soldiers of Pakistan will increasingly hate America Government and American people.
KHUDA KAY LEYAY SARAY LEADER APNI ZIMMADARI MEHSOOS KARAIN.
