Two Standards of Detention
By Amy Goodman
Source: Truthout
Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion zealot charged with killing Dr. George Tiller, has been busy. He called the Associated Press from the Sedgwick County Jail in Kansas, saying, “I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal.” Charged with first-degree murder [...]
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Found Guilty on Seven Counts
February 3, 2010
Today a 12 member jury found Dr. Aafia guilty on seven different counts including attempted murder, armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees. The government alleges that she fired an “unattended” M4 Rifle that was left leaning up [...]
SHOCK, HORROR, DRAMA: New York media miss shock, horror, drama …
By Yvonne Ridley in New York
Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a bright, intelligent woman who has been through hell having being kidnapped, tortured in secret prisons, gunned down by US soldiers and renditioned to America where she is now facing attempted murder charges against those who [...]
The Powerful Testimony of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Aafia Siddiqui – a daughter, a sister, a mother of three, committed Muslim, social scientist, hafiz of Qur’an – needed to be heard. For years she had suffered in virtual silence…aching to be heard, to be understood, to have certain malicious untruths corrected and exposed for the lies they [...]
by Lynn Feinerman
Contrary to the claims of President Obama in his recent state of the union address, news reports assert that the US is still torturing. Anand Gopal’s recent article in the Nation magazine reveals the existence of many secret field sites in Afghanistan where torture is continuing apace, while the US maintains a somewhat [...]
The NYPD’s Divisive Intelligence Division
By Len Levitt
No one in New York City, and arguably in the nation, has done more to combat terrorism than Ray Kelly.
Since returning as New York City Police Commissioner four months after the 9/11 attacks, he has made fighting terrorism his mission, creating a Counter-Terrorism Division, revamping the department’s [...]
Zazi Case: How Far Should FBI Go in Tracking Muslims?
By Michael B. Farrell
Muslim groups say the surveillance techniques authorized by the Patriot Act and credited with helping nab alleged New York bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi are alienating potential allies against terrorism.
Three arrests in three separate terror cases last week bolster the Obama administration’s [...]
Thoughts on the 5th anniversary of the arrest of Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain.
On Tuesday, August 4, 2009 over 100 people marched through the streets of Albany, New York to protest the FBI’s tricking Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain into doing something that could look as if it was illegal and then putting them in [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
Last week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
Last week the long awaited trial of Aafia Siddiqui began in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Her case has been one of the most baffling in the annals of post-9/11 terrorism prosecutions. Siddiqui, as regular readers of this website know, is a 37-year-old, MIT-educated neuroscientist, who [...]
