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Children
Of Arested Pakistani-US Doctor Are Missing, Says Human Rights Group
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 07:12 PM CDT
The
alleged US arrest in July of Pakistan-US national Dr Aafia Siddiqui has
left a series of unanswered questions about her missing children.
With Dr Siddiqui now in US custody it is suspected that two of her
children are still being detained illegally, and reports suggest that
one child may have died. U.S. and Pakistan authorities [...] ![]() |
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Dr.
Aafia’s son freed by Kabul, flown to Islamabad
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 07:01 PM CDT
The
12-year-old son of neuroscientist and MIT graduate Dr. Aafia Siddiqui,
Mohammad Ahmed, was handed over to his aunt Fauzia Siddiqui in
Islamabad after years of detention in a US military base in
Afghanistan. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is still currently facing trial charged
with attempting to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. Siddiqui and
her three [...] ![]() |
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Bin
al Shibh Appears in Court but Legal Uncertainties Loom
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 06:48 PM CDT
Anthony
S. Barkow is a volunteer consultant for Human Rights First. He is
Executive Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law
at New York University School of Law ( www.prosecutioncenter.org), and
was a federal prosecutor for 12 years, most recently serving as an
Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office
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[alleged]
9/11 mastermind takes lead role in Gitmo courtroom
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 06:44 PM CDT
By
MIKE MELIA
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Professed Sept. 11 mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed took center stage in a military court Tuesday as
he questioned the judge’s impartiality and acted as the de facto
spokesman for his four co-defendants.
Mohammed, the highest-profile al-Qaida figure in U.S. custody, boasted
[under torture] at a 2007 [...] ![]() |
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US
judge ‘reluctantly’ delays Guantanamo appeals
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 06:38 PM CDT
WASHINGTON
(AFP) — A US judge “reluctantly” agreed to request from Washington to
delay appeals brought by some 250 Guantanamo detainees challenging the
legality of their detention.
Monday’s decision came as four accused 9/11 conspirators, including
confessed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appeared for a second
preliminary hearing at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Judge [...] ![]() |
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