Yes we do. In large numbers - still. In fact, the abuse has worsened since Obama took power. :-(
But I know what you meant. Please make duaa for this sister. Please also make duaa for Noureddine Malki who has an appeal coming up on the 9th. Lara Ancientwarrior67777 wrote: > > > *Well damn, isnt the CIA also has Al Qaida ties? Of coarse they have.. > but we dont see the CIA in Gitmo. * > ** > ** > ** > *Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties* > > FILE - In this July 17, 2008 file photo, Aafia Siddiqui, possible > al-Qaida > <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/FILE----July-17-2008-file-photo-Aafia-Siddiqui/photo//090704/481/92a393be56544ae0bae19863164bab83//s:/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting;_ylt=AhT2wHE.14si4pgJQUWltaJH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5MHNmbGFrBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDZmlsZS1pbnRoaXNq> > AP -- FILE - In this July 17, 2008 file photo, Aafia Siddiqui, > possible al-Qaida associate is seen in the ... > > > By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer Larry Neumeister, > Associated Press Writer -- Sat Jul 4, 6:49 pm ET > > NEW YORK -- A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida > operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions > of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist says, > disputing claims that the scientist had spent those years in the > custody of foreign authorities. > > > > Newly public court documents contain reports by psychologists who > treated Aafia Siddiqui after she was arrested in Afghanistan in July > 2008 and was charged with taking a gun and shooting at U.S. soldiers > and FBI agents. She was shot in the abdomen in the encounter. > > > > The testimony of the mental health experts will be at issue beginning > Monday at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to determine > whether the 37-year-old Pakistani is competent to stand trial. > > > > Defense lawyers for Siddiqui are challenging her competency for trial, > citing the conclusions of an expert who found she is suffering from > delusional disorder and depression. > > > > Prosecutors cite reports by psychologists who say Siddiqui's behavior > reflects malingering, the intentional production of grossly > exaggerated psychological symptoms aimed at getting a result, such as > avoiding trial. > > > > Leslie Powers, a forensic psychologist, wrote in a document dated May > 4 and put in the court's public file late Thursday that new > information helps show Siddiqui was living freely in Pakistan and > Afghanistan from 2003 to 2008. > > > > Some of Siddiqui's supporters and her former lawyers had argued she > had likely been taken into custody by foreign military intelligence > authorities during those years and was subjected to torture, sexual > abuse and beatings. > > > > Siddiqui earned an undergraduate degree in biology from MIT in 1995 > and a doctorate in neuroscience from Brandeis University in 2001. She > left the United States in June 2002 with her three children. > > > > Powers wrote that Siddiqui has told the FBI that she worked at the > Karachi Institute of Technology in 2005, that she tried to look for > her husband in Afghanistan in the winter of 2007 and that she stayed > for a time in Quetta, Pakistan. > > > > The psychologist also wrote that Siddiqui's ex-husband, Mohammad Amjad > Khan, reported seeing either her or their children on several > occasions in 2003, 2004 and 2005. > > > > "While her accounts of her time are incomplete, her statements and > other facts gathered seem to corroborate that she was not held captive > from 2003 until 2008," Powers said. > > > > Powers said Siddiqui was interviewed at length by the FBI for several > days after her arrest on July 18, 2008. > > She said FBI agents who accompanied Siddiqui on her 20-hour flight to > the United States last Aug. 4 reported that she showed no signs of > psychosis or psychological distress and that she was fully oriented > and talkative throughout the trip. > > > > Powers and two other experts have concluded Siddiqui is competent for > trial. > > > > In a defense exhibit, psychologist L. Thomas Kucharski, chairman of > the Department of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, > concluded that Siddiqui suffers from delusional disorder and is depressed. > > He said her delusions "include the belief that the court is part of a > conspiracy to have her killed, tortured and/or have her witness the > torture of her children." > > > > He added: "She believes that the outcome of her trial is > predetermined; that she will get the death penalty and has stated to > this evaluator that there is no need to go to trial or work with her > attorneys in her defense because of this predetermination. She > required that I inform the court to just impose the death penalty or > whatever penalty it chooses and to not bother her with the formality > of proceedings." > > > > Gregory B. Saathoff, an associate professor in psychiatric medicine at > the University of Virginia School of Medicine, said delusions Siddiqui > had had involving flying infants, dark angels, a dog in her cell and > children visiting her in her room were largely resolved after she > believed she was found incompetent to stand trial. > > > > Sally C. Johnson, a professor in the psychiatry department at the > University of North Carolina, wrote in a March 16 report that > Siddiqui's medical problems have been treated and stabilized. > > > > Johnson said Siddiqui has given vague accounts of her whereabouts from > 2003 to 2008, saying she was given shelter by different people. > > > > Johnson said Siddiqui has also given varying accounts of where her > children were during those years but told one agent that sometimes one > has to take up a cause that is more important than one's children. > > > > Johnson left a warning at the end of her report, saying that in spite > of Siddiqui's frail and timid appearance --- she has weighed as little > as 90 pounds --- "her potential for aggression towards herself or > others might be underestimated." > > > > She cited reports that Siddiqui had taken actions to try to escape > from custody before she was transferred to the United States. Johnson > recommended that adequate care be taken to protect Siddiqui. > > > > "Given her expressed degree of devotion to her belief system," she > wrote, "it is possible that she could perceive herself as a martyr for > a cause." > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting > > > > > / A person who wants to learn will always find a teacher./ > // > /Persian proverb/ > > > > > > > > -- Linda *http://freedetainees.org <http://freedetainees.org/> "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear..." - William Shakespeare * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bangla-vision" group. 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