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Khadr’s
lawyers make plea for independent psychiatric assessment
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 10:36 PM CDT
Steven
Edwards , Canwest News Service
U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO, Cuba - In a last-ditch appeal, lawyers for
Omar Khadr will Wednesday ask a U.S. military judge to rethink his
refusal to allow the accused Canadian terrorist to undergo independent
psychiatric assessment.
Navy Lt.-Cmdr. Bill Kuebler says that knowing Khadr’s mental state as
he made statements [...] ![]() |
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The
judge puts former prisoners of Guantanamo on probation
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 10:25 PM CDT
The
examining magistrate at Sidi Mhemed Court, in Algiers has charged two
former Guantanamo prisoners, namely Faghoul and Terrari of belonging to
a terror group abroad, while ordering putting them on probation. The
two men have finally joined their families in Tiaret province, western
Algeria, after an absence that lasted 15 years. Sidi Mhemed examining
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Victims
of India’s ‘War on Terror’
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:58 PM CDT
..These
are the seldom heard voices of the victims on the ‘war on terror’… we
need to be listening…
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
In a development of far-reaching and frightening implications for the
stature of the Indian judiciary, Bar Associations in several parts of
the country are effectively banning advocates from defending Muslim
youth branded as ‘terrorists’, [...] ![]() |
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Dr
Aafia’s sister: “The American Ambassador is lying”
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:45 PM CDT
Daily
Ummat Publication recently published an interview with Fauzia Siddiqui
(Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister) and human rights activist Khalid Khawaja.
Al-istiqamah.com has translated the interview from the original Urdu:
The American ambassador N.W. Peterson yesterday wrote a letter to the
editors of the Pakistani newspapers regarding the Dr Aafia case, which
begins by addressing the [...] ![]() |
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Lord
Nazir seek permission to visit Aafia Siddique in New York
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:37 PM CDT
LONDON,
(APP): The British member of Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed has sought
permission to visit Pakistan neuro-scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui under
US custody in New York on alleged charges of terrorism.
Speaking at a news conference at his Central London office on Tuesday
accompanied by former British journalist Yvonne Ridley who had first
raised concerns [...] ![]() |
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Pakistan
ambassador to US seeks release of nationals from Guantanamo Bay
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:31 PM CDT
Andrew
Gilmore at 8:49 AM ET [JURIST] The Pakistani Ambassador to the US,
Husain Haqqani [official profile], met with US officials on Sunday to
discuss the release of six Pakistani citizens currently being held at
the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news
archive]. Pakistani media outlets, including the Associated Press of
Pakistan [...] ![]() |
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IHC
directs Ministry of Interior to apprise it over Dr Aafia’s extradition
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 06:45 PM CDT
ISLAMABAD,
(APP): The Islamabad High Court here Tuesday directed Ministry of
Interior to depute a responsible person to apprise the court on
Wednesday over the issue of Dr Aafia’s extradition to US. The single
bench of Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam in his short order said
that despite court’s directions on August 12, the concerned [...] ![]() |
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Was
neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui raped and tortured at US Bagram
prison?
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 06:43 PM CDT
by
Ernesto Cienfuegos La Voz de Aztlan
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui (ACN) It appears that the Bush Administration may
have another “Abu Ghraib Prison” type torture scandal in its hands that
it is desperately attempting to cover up. The disturbing human rights
case involves a Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis
University educated Pakistani national that mysteriously [...] ![]() |
