In September 2010, Dr Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced in a US court to 86 years in prison for attempted murder of Americans serving in Afghanistan. Aafia Siddiqui's trial in the US was a complete mockery of the legal process. The lawyers were not able to access their client due to strip searches she was being forced to endure. The trial took place in New York where there was little chance of her receiving a fair trial and also the judge threw out any motions to speak about her treatment prior to the claim that she shot at US officials.
The entire trial was manufactured in order to convict Aafia Siddiqui of the shooting, despite all the allegations that had been previously levelled against her. For full coverage of the Siddiqui trial, please see the link at the top of this page.
She was detained in Bagram, though this news only started to get released in 2008 onward. Her disappearance between 2003-2008 and detention without trial reflects the complete injustice of the US and Pakistan governments. Later, what should be called a rendition flight to the US resulted in an unfair trial and conviction.
May Allah (swt) relieve our sister of all her suffering soon. May Allah (swt) bring justice on to this earth through an Islamic judicial system and an Islamic ruling system that can challenge the systems that so easily impose injustice on to our innocent women and men. Ameen.
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