Public Meeting: Justice For Aafia

Posted Tue, 22/06/2010 - 20:54 by zara_2k

PUBLIC MEETING: JUSTICE FOR AAFIA
A woman's tale of RENDITION, TORTURE and SECRET PRISONS.
 
Saturday 26th June 2010
4.30pm
Victoria Halls. 70 Coplaw Street, Govanhill, G42 7JG.
 
Guest Speakers:
Aamer Anwar - Scottish Human Rights Lawyer
Dr M.S. Kausar - General Secretary Central Mosque
Hafiz Manzoor Hussain
Osama Saeed - Scottish National Party
Shabnum Mustapha - Liberal Democrats
Richard Haley - Scotland Against Criminalising Communities
Shahrukh Saleem - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf
Mohammad Sahaib - Scottish Hope Association
Abdul Jaleel Bain - Justice For Aafia Coalition
Amina M.Janjua - Defence of Human Rights Pakistan
Ameen Mirza - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
 

Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani woman who has lived and studied in America and is currently and is currently Prisoner Number 90279-054 in New York's Brooklyn Metrropolitan Detention  Centre.
 
In 2003 Aafia 'disappeared' along with her three children while visiting her mother in Pakistan.  Evidence now shows that she was 'Prisoner 650' in the notorious Bagram airbase.  As a US Detainee she was given no rights to question her treatment and has suffered physical and mental torture.
 
In 2008 Aafia was taken to the US to stand trial. 
After all the investigations done on her, the only thing they are charging her with is 'assaulting and atempted murder of US personnel in Afghanistan' while she was in prison.
 
In the Brooklyn Detention Centre she is being denied phone calls and letters while she waits for hertrail to conclude.  This is inhuman and she is becoming very ill.
US District Court in Manhattan has adjourned her sentencing hearing to 16 August 2010.
 
 
Muslim Women's Association of Edinburgh
 
 
Justice For Aafia Coalition
 
 
*separate seating for females
*light snacks will be served
Location: 
Victoria Halls