Free Kashmir
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PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM
82-44 243rd Street
Bellerose, NY 11426
(718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543
E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com
End Raids and Deportations
Stop Dividing Families
DR AAFIA SENTENCED TO 86 YEARS + Life!!!!!!!
DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI
was sentenced on
September 23, 2010 to
86 years + life
by Judge Berman]
FAHAD HASHMI
was pressured into accepting a 15 year sentence, as he could not get real justice in the courts in the US today
The sentencing of Dr. Aafia to 86 years + life is a continuation of a whole history of unjust convictions and sentences. To mention only a few, we remind our readers of the cases of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Lynne Stewart, Leonard Peltier, Cuba 5 and the Move 9. We also mention the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been arrested and deported each year, even more now under Obama than before under Bush. Finally, we must mention the FBI raids on September 24 on houses of anti-war and solidarity activists. These activists had their computers and papers seized, and about a dozen were given subpoenas to grand juries, all because they gave political support to fighters for national liberation, whom the government has classified as “terrorists.” All these attacks on human rights are undermining the very principles that the U.S. Constitution was supposed to guarantee.
PAKUSAFF would like to thank all human rights organizations who supported Dr Aafia at her trial, especially Sara Flounders (IAC), Debra Sweet (World Cant Wait), Michelle Hunt and notably Cindy Sheehan who came all the way from Texas to support Dr Aafia Siddiqui. These women leaders spoke for courageous and brave Aafia and pleaded justice and freedom from the court. We are also grateful for the support of The Peace Foundation from Washington DC, Project Salam, Liaquat Baloch, Ameer Jamaat Islami Munawar Hassan, and Imran Khan from Pakistan, Lord Nazir, member of the UK parliament, El-Hajjmauri Saalakhan, Yvonne Ridely, the International Justice Network, Free Aafia Campaign, Radio Africa and all New Yorkers regardless of color, ethnicity, gender or kind of labor.
We would also like to thank the people of Pakistan, who have suffered a lot through the military dictatorship of Musharraf, Prime Minister Shoukat, the servant of Citibank, the floods, the so-called elected government of Benazir Bhutto (who came to power under the shameless "NRO" deal made with dictator Musharraf. He and the civilian governments that followed have given free access to American mercenaries, the FBI and CIA to come to Pakistan without any immigration papers to kidnap anyone (the so-called "missing people") under the supervision of the Bush-Obama/Blair-Brown governments.
Dr. Aafia was found guilty based only on evidence of US troops and other US agents in Pakistan. Since then, a campaign to demand that she be repatriated to Pakistan under existing agreements between the two governments. In 24 hours, over 100,000 signatures were gathered from all over the world in an e-mail petition. Pakistani government has now contacted the U.S government requesting this.
Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a victim of torture and abuse who was kept in jail on false accusations here in United States of America (the land of free and justice for all). Her trial is a shame on the US justice system. She was held without any medical treatment until the court ordered it and after Bush’s prosecutor lied by saying the Dr. Aafia refused to be seen by a male doctor. The prosecutors never turned over all the documents to the defense attorneys, even though they were required to do so and lied in saying that they did. Also, Dr. Aafia never accepted any attorney, knowing that she would not be able to receive justice in the court. Finally, the whole trial was not held in an open court, as anyone entering the courtroom or overflow room was required to give their ids.
Dr Aafia is a 36-year-old Pakistani neuroscientist, allegedly charged with attempted murder of FBI agent(s) in Afghanistan. These charges, as well as fabricated tales about her supposed ‘ties to Al Qaeda’, were spread in the U.S. media without any credible evidence. She was illegally kidnapped with her three young children in Karachi in 2003 and was taken to U.S. custody in Afghanistan where she was shot and severely wounded during an interrogation by FBI agents.
Fahad Hashmi is a 29-year-old Pakistani who has degrees from universities in New York and London. According to London Police, he allowed an acquaintance Junaid Babar to stay at his London apartment for two weeks in 2004. Babar left raincoats and waterproof socks at the apartment in Hashmi’s luggage and later on Hashmi was arrested at Heathrow Airport on June 6, 2006, and charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda. Although he was not accused of providing money or resources to al-Qaeda, he was held in the general prison population of Belmarsh Prison in England for 11 months, and then extradited to the United States, where he was held in solitary confinement for over a year without any charges. He agreed to accept a 15-year sentence because he felt that he could not get justice in the U.S. courts in the present political climate.
Contact: Shahid Comrade 917-280-0840 pakusaff@hotmail.com, Kouser Izhar 732-829-2601 kizhar1@hotmail.com, Mashal Anjum – Student Coordinator 732-570-4076 mashalanjum@gmail.com
Shahid Comrade
Secretary General (917) 280-0840
Dr. Mohammed Shafique
President (718) 343-1653
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