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Newsletter: 1st Interview by Dr. Aafia's Son Today - Event Updates & Ex-husband Sued |
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1st Interview by Dr. Aafia's Son Today - Event Updates & Ex-husband Sued
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Greetings!
Welcome to Issue #2 of The Free Aafia Campaign's newsletter.
This is the family of Dr. Aafia's official source for news, updates, action alerts and events related to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's plight and court case.
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May God bless you!
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Imam Siraj Wahaj to Speak at MLFA Fundraiser in NY
Other Speakers:
- Charles Swift (Attorney at Law)
- Khalil Meek (CEO, MLFA)
- Imam Mahdi Bray (Executive Director of MAS-F)
- Dr. Fawzia Afzal Khan
- Asma Bajwa (Coordinator, Tehrik e Insaf- NY),
- Dr. Agha Saeed (Chairman AMA/AMT).
With the trial date set and approaching, Dr. Aafia needs your support now more than ever.
The funds raised will be used to secure a proper legal team with the needed experience and expertise for a trial of this nature. Funds will also be used to conduct much needed research into the facts of what actually happened to Dr. Aafia while she was in custody in Afghanistan.
For More Information about the Aug. 9, 2009, NY educational forum and fundraising event visit: www.freeaafia.org
To see the full sized event flier click: here
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Today Dr. Aafia's Son, Ahmad Gave His First TV Interview
Dr. Aafia's eldest son, the only accounted for child gave an exclusive interview today on WAQT TV Pakistan.
To this day Dr. Aafia's two younger children Maryum and Suleman are missing.
In March 2003 Dr. Aafia and all three of her children were abducted in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Click here for a recording of NBC's reporting of her initial arrest.
RELATED: Video of Ahmad's first encounter with his father click here.
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From the Archives: Der Spiegal's Coverage of Dr. Aafia's Plight - first published 11/27/2008.
On July 17, 2008, men coming from evening prayers at the Bazazi Mosque in Ghazni, a provincial capital south of Kabul, paused when they saw a woman outside the building. They formed a circle around the stranger, who was wearing a blue burqa. She was cowering on the ground, with two small bags at her side, holding the hand of a boy of about 12. One of the men, fearing that this peculiar woman could be carrying a bomb under her burqa, called the police.
Read the full article here.
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Dr. Aafia's Ex-husband Sued for Defamation
 Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, (Aafia's sister) a former director of the epilepsy program at the John Hopkins University in the US, has sued her former brother-in-law, Dr. Amjad Khan, and accused him of making false and baseless statements against her in media with regard to photographs of her sister. Dr. Khan had said that Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui had arranged for pictures of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in "various poses" and had handed them over to the media to gain sympathy.
Full coverage this story here.
RELATED: Video footage of Yvonne Ridley with the Governor of Ghazni showing photos of Dr. Aafia just before she was transported to the US click here.
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Stand for humane treatment and stand against injustice! Standing for Dr. Aafia brings light to all missing persons, victims of extraordinary rendition and people held in secret prisons. It sends the message that all human beings, especially - our sisters - Muslim women have rights!
God Bless,
The Free Dr. Aafia Campaign |
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