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SHOCK, HORROR, DRAMA: New York media miss shock, horror, drama …

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

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 [...]

Torture Continues And Comes Home To Roost

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 [...]

Day 8 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

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 [...]

Day 7 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

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 [...]

Day 6 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

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 [...]

Day 5 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
This 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 [...]

Day 4 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
This 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 [...]

Day 3 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

USA v Aafia Siddiqui
Cageprisoners Inside the Courtroom Coverage
by Petra Bartosiewicz
This 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 [...]

Day 2 of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Trial

This 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 lived in the U.S. for ten years before mysteriously [...]