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Govt seeks lawyers to defend Aafia Siddiqui
NEW YORK: The government is seeking new lawyers to represent US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who faces a possible life prison sentence for the attempted murder of US interrogators in Afghanistan. Aafia, 37, who the US government...
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'Pakistani neuroscientist fit to stand trial'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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NEW YORK: A Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan is fit to stand trial, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday after months of examination of her mental state. The U.S. government has accused Aafia Siddiqui, 37, a...
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NY judge: Terror defendant competent for trial
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility A judge has found a U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative competent to stand trial. Judge Richard Berman made the ruling Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. A trial for Aafia Siddiqui (AH'-fee-ah Sih-DEE'-key) is scheduled...
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Rights groups seek Siddiqui extradition
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
Credibility On Wednesday, a US judge declared the US-educated Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was extradited to the United States in August, was unfit for trial due to mental incompetence. Judge Richard Berman told the Federal court in New York that Siddiqui is "not currently...
Aafia Siddiqui not fit to stand trial
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
Credibility Defense lawyers and prosecutors both dismissed the charges as ridiculous and argued the frail-looking Aafia Siddiqui is mentally unfit to stand trial and should undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Even an evaluation performed by a federal prison doctor...
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Aafia unfit to stand trial, says US judge
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
Credibility Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani woman suspected of links to Al Qaeda and charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan, is mentally unfit to stand trial, according to her psychiatric evaluation. Aafia Siddiqui, 36, is not currently...
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IHC concerned over Dr Aafias missing children
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Wednesday has expressed its concerns over the Dr Aafia Siddiquis missing children and conveyed these concerns to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Amjad Iqbal Qureshi while talking...
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Around the Nation
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Supreme Court gave a reprieve Tuesday to a condemned Georgia man, less than two hours before he was to be executed for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police officer. Supporters of 39-year-old Troy Davis have called for a new trial as seven of the nine...
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Detainee's son handed to Pakistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Afghan officials have handed over to Pakistan the son of a US-trained Pakistani academic with alleged links to al-Qaeda. Twelve-year old Mohammed Ahmed, son of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, has been handed over to the Pakistani embassy in Kabul. Dr Siddiqui, 36,...
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