Please sign for Dr Aafia Siddiqui
Provide Humane Prison Conditions for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Published by Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Oct 01, 2008
Category: Human Rights
Region: United States of America
Target: Department of Justice/ Attorney General
Description/History:
WE DON’T WANT DR. AAFIA TO CONTINUE TO SUFFER WHILE SHE WAITS FOR HER TRIAL!
We petition Attorney General Michael Mukasey and United States Attorney Michael J. Garcia to provide humane treatment for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui while she remains in the custody of the U.S. government.
Dr. Aafia is a gunshot victim and has suffered unspeakable torture and abuse during the last 5 years of her disappearance and kidnapping in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The prison has been unable to treat Dr. Aafia effectively and insists on giving her dehumanizing and degrading strip searches that cause further harm and prevent attorney visits. Her attorneys have stated in court that Dr. Aafia has become more despondent and fearful about her health and that if she does not receive the proper medical and psychiatric treatment, Dr. Aafia’s health will seriously decline.
Dr. Aafia has the basic right to appropriate medical treatment for her physical and psychological injuries.
Thank You!
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Humanitarian Support Committee
Contacts:
Ryan Hancock, Esq. (PA)
Asma Bajwa (NY)
Mahmood Alam MD (NY)
Email: freedraafia@gmail.com
On Monday 4th August 2008, federal prosecutors in the US confirmed that Aafia Siddiqui was extradited to the US from Afghanistan where they allege she had been detained since mid-July 2008. The US administration claims that she was arrested by Afghani forces outside Ghazni governor’s compound with manuals on explosives and ‘dangerous substances in sealed jars’ on her person. They further allege that whilst in custody she shot at US officers (none being injured) and was herself injured in the process.
