February 2013
1.15pm-4.15pm
*****PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE****
The Water Lily,
69-89 Mile End Road,
London E1 4TT
Speakers include:
Omar Deghayes in conversation with Andy Worthington
Imam Shakeel Begg
Adnan Rashid
Ilyas Townsend
All proceeds go to Aafia's defence and advocacy fund
Nearest Tube: Whitechapel
“Aafia is a mother and a daughter. Justice demands that Aafia Siddiqui should immediately be released. I haven't witnessed such bare injustice in my entire career." - Former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark
www.justiceforaafia.org
[email protected]
Ten years years ago, Pakistani cognitive neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, along with her three children, disappeared in Karachi in March 30th 2003. Their whereabouts were unknown for the next five years. Throughout this time, Aafia was held without charge and abused whilst in secret detention. Former Bagram prisoners testified to the presence of a female prisoner with the number ‘650’, whose horrific screams they would hear. Following demands for her recovery by human rights organisations and the Pakistani public, Aafia resurfaced in Afghanistan in August 2008, framed with the attempted murder of US personnel. Transferred to the US, Aafia was convicted in a shocking miscarriage of justice and was sentenced in September 2010 to 86 years in prison. She is currently held in isolation at the FMC Carswell, Texas, notoriously referred to as the “hospital of horrors”, where her health continues to deteriorate. She continues to be denied meaningful contact with her family. Despite the release of two of her children, she is unlikely to see them again until she is eligible for release in 2094 at age 122, if indeed she remains alive. The whereabouts of her youngest child, Suleman - only six months old at the time of the abduction - remain unknown, although it is feared he may have been killed in custody.
REQUEST AAFIA’S IMMEDIATE REPATRIATION TO PAKISTAN
Eric Holder: Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001, Tel: +1 202 353 1555, Email: [email protected]
Hilary Clinton: Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20520, Tel: +1 202 647 4000, Fax: +1 202 261 8577, Email: [email protected]
Asif Ali Zardari: President of Pakistan, President’s Secretariat, Islamabad, PAKISTAN, Email: [email protected] , Tel 92-51-9204801-9214171, Fax 92-51-9207458
WRITE TO AAFIA
AAFIA SIDDIQUI # 90279-054
FMC CARSWELL
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 27137
FORT WORTH, TX 76127
U.S.A
Email a message of support to her family - [email protected]
DONATE
BANK: Lloyds TSB Bank
ACCOUNT NAME: Justice For Aafia Coalition
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41160960
SORT CODE: 30-94-42
IBAN: GB37LOYD30944241160960
SWIFT: LOYDGB21112
ABOUT JFAC
JUSTICE FOR AAFIA COALITION (JFAC) was formed in the wake of Aafia’s conviction in February 2010 by a group of Muslim women activists in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Saudi Arabia. JFAC is an umbrella organisation which aims to unite and coordinate efforts on behalf of all concerned individuals and organisations striving for justice for Aafia and her children. Membership is open to all, irrespective of faith and location.
Waterlily Venue
69-89 Mile End Road, E1 4TT London, United Kingdom
1.15pm-4.15pm
*****PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE****
The Water Lily,
69-89 Mile End Road,
London E1 4TT
Speakers include:
Omar Deghayes in conversation with Andy Worthington
Imam Shakeel Begg
Adnan Rashid
Ilyas Townsend
All proceeds go to Aafia's defence and advocacy fund
Nearest Tube: Whitechapel
“Aafia is a mother and a daughter. Justice demands that Aafia Siddiqui should immediately be released. I haven't witnessed such bare injustice in my entire career." - Former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark
www.justiceforaafia.org
[email protected]
Ten years years ago, Pakistani cognitive neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, along with her three children, disappeared in Karachi in March 30th 2003. Their whereabouts were unknown for the next five years. Throughout this time, Aafia was held without charge and abused whilst in secret detention. Former Bagram prisoners testified to the presence of a female prisoner with the number ‘650’, whose horrific screams they would hear. Following demands for her recovery by human rights organisations and the Pakistani public, Aafia resurfaced in Afghanistan in August 2008, framed with the attempted murder of US personnel. Transferred to the US, Aafia was convicted in a shocking miscarriage of justice and was sentenced in September 2010 to 86 years in prison. She is currently held in isolation at the FMC Carswell, Texas, notoriously referred to as the “hospital of horrors”, where her health continues to deteriorate. She continues to be denied meaningful contact with her family. Despite the release of two of her children, she is unlikely to see them again until she is eligible for release in 2094 at age 122, if indeed she remains alive. The whereabouts of her youngest child, Suleman - only six months old at the time of the abduction - remain unknown, although it is feared he may have been killed in custody.
REQUEST AAFIA’S IMMEDIATE REPATRIATION TO PAKISTAN
Eric Holder: Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001, Tel: +1 202 353 1555, Email: [email protected]
Hilary Clinton: Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20520, Tel: +1 202 647 4000, Fax: +1 202 261 8577, Email: [email protected]
Asif Ali Zardari: President of Pakistan, President’s Secretariat, Islamabad, PAKISTAN, Email: [email protected] , Tel 92-51-9204801-9214171, Fax 92-51-9207458
WRITE TO AAFIA
AAFIA SIDDIQUI # 90279-054
FMC CARSWELL
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 27137
FORT WORTH, TX 76127
U.S.A
Email a message of support to her family - [email protected]
DONATE
BANK: Lloyds TSB Bank
ACCOUNT NAME: Justice For Aafia Coalition
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41160960
SORT CODE: 30-94-42
IBAN: GB37LOYD30944241160960
SWIFT: LOYDGB21112
ABOUT JFAC
JUSTICE FOR AAFIA COALITION (JFAC) was formed in the wake of Aafia’s conviction in February 2010 by a group of Muslim women activists in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Saudi Arabia. JFAC is an umbrella organisation which aims to unite and coordinate efforts on behalf of all concerned individuals and organisations striving for justice for Aafia and her children. Membership is open to all, irrespective of faith and location.
Waterlily Venue
69-89 Mile End Road, E1 4TT London, United Kingdom