Showing posts with label aafia siddiqui. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aafia siddiqui. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Opinion: Mockery of Justice



Headline: Pakistani scientist found guilty of attempted murder

Our previous article predicted her fate. This was an open and shut case from day one. No matter the weak and non-existent evidence, no matter the disjointed effort from the defense, no matter the jury. This was a case whose outcome was decided long time before anybody set foot in the courtroom

The case was in New York, the city of hate. There is no jury in the entire state of New York that will not convict anybody that has even a shadow or a hint of relationship with terrorism. Right and wrong, guilty and Innocent goes out the window. Nobody will be able to live a day after finding a terrorism suspect not guilty.

The evidence was extremely weak. The bullet holes did not match with the bullets' size and capacity, the prosecution witness has contradicted himself during the testimony, and the judge has shown partiality by barring visitors and other non-sensible things. All the fabricated evidence coming from Afghanistan in the midst of an imposed war was suddenly believable because it serves a purpose. The entire dog and pony show was part of a circus.

Defense was weak and her mental condition did not help her own case. She was never given full access to her defense lawyers. She was tortured in many ways least of which was humiliating strip searches and making mockery of her during the transportation to and from the prison. She had no access to anybody that she could call friend. She should have given the opportunity to recover before put on a show trial. She was a weak woman, a single soul against the tyranny of the entire American justice system. Nobody can win against that when the system does not want you to win and the odds are stacked mile high against you.

Regardless, she was going to be found guilty in New York and not taint its reputation as the city of hate.

They kept her in many prisons throughout all these years but she was strong enough to fend them off and never confessed to anything that she did not do. She was raped and beaten, and one of her kidneys was removed. She was tortured and humiliated. Her kids were taken away from her, they may have even been killed. How can one person suffer so much. How can God let that happen. The wisdom of it escapes all civilized people.

Tonight the scales of justice have tipped, in the wrong direction. Tonight lady justice cries but nobody hears her cries, she sheds tears and nobody can see them. Irony is, knowing that, some people are happy and they ravel in her pain. Tonight America celebrates in the agony of another innocent person's plight and misery not knowing any better.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Curious Case Of Aafia Siddiqui


Everyday passes by and the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui gets little more complicated. You can get all the details of her case here and you have to do lot more research and diligent work to know the real story and that is where most of the interest lies.

From all the stories swirling around, some made up, others only half truth because nobody has been able to talk to one person that may know the whole truth, and that is Aafia Siddiqui. Those who have talked to her are only interested in making up what serves them to whatever end they are working on.

So where does that leave ordinary citizen that might be interested in the truth? The truth may never come out because there are too many people that don't want the truth to come out. There are too many people that want to make hay at the expense of this one woman.

The long awaited trial of this woman who has gone through hell and back many times over is underway in New York. Read our article When Circus came to town. The trial is being controlled and manipulated on the outset. Judge Berman, the presiding judge has ordered to have a metal detector installed in his court. That part is understood. What is much worse is that you have to not only show ID (which is also OK) but you have to have your address and other information recorded before you are allowed in the court gallery to be part of the proceedings.

This requirement has the desired affect. The courtroom was full the first day of the trial but hardly anybody showed up on the second or the third day. This is tragedy because as a human being the woman needs all the support she can get. Besides the dehumanizing strip searches while the guards snicker and have jolly good time with anal probing etc. this woman has not been allowed to see any of her immediate family members, and nobody else is allowed to visit her, lest any part of truth may come out.

This is an open and shut case. The glaring contradictions in testimony will be overlooked and she will be sentenced to 100+ years to life in some prison for something that can never be proved definitively.

Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day One
Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day two
Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day three