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A New York jury has convicted the US-educated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui of attempted murder for shooting at US forces while jailed in Afghanistan in 2008. None of the Americans were injured, but Siddiqui was shot and wounded while in US custody. |
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A US-educated Pakistani woman who was arrested in Afghanistan and accused of shooting at her US interrogators, has been found guilty of attempted murder by a court in the US.
..."Aafia walked into that courtroom already labelled a terrorist by prosecutors, despite the fact that she was not on trial for any terrorism related offence," [Tina] Foster said.
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February 3, 2010, New York, NY – The International Justice Network (IJNetwork) represents the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in the United States. Attorneys from IJNetwork have been monitoring her trial, which began on January 19, and ended with a guilty verdict today in U.S. Federal Court in the Southern District of New York.
"Today marks the close of another sad chapter in the life of our sister, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Today she was unjustly found guilty. Though she was not charged with any terrorism-related offense, Judge Berman permitted the prosecution's witnesses to characterize our sister as a terrorist -- which, based on copious evidence, she clearly is not. Today's verdict is one of many legal errors that allowed the prosecution to build a case against our sister based on hate, rather than fact. We believe that as a result, she was denied a fair trial, and today's verdict must be overturned on appeal." |
February 1, 2010, New York, NY – International Justice Network
attorneys have been monitoring the trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, which
is expected to end today, in U.S. Federal Court in the Southern
District of New York. Tina M. Foster, Executive Director the
International Justice Network, and spokesperson for Muhammad Siddiqui,
Aafia’s brother, issued the following statement today on behalf of her
U.S.-based family:
After nearly two weeks of proceedings, and more than a dozen different
witness testimonies, our sister's trial will finally come to an end
today. While the sheer lack of evidence presented by the U.S.
government in this case is reason enough to expect acquittal, Aafia's
own testimony eliminates any doubt that she did not commit the crimes
alleged. We hope that the jury will not be prejudiced by the
prosecution's repeated attempts to falsely portray our sister as a
terrorist. While on the witness stand last Thursday, Aafia herself
told prosecutors "Don't build a case on hate, build a case on facts."
We are confident that if the jury considers only the evidence in this
case, Aafia will not be convicted of any crime.
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