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Aafia Trial: First to have Metal detectors and ID checks
As the third day of testimony in the trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui came to a close, after the jury left the room defense Attorney Charles Swift objected to the use of metal detectors and the demand for ID’s to enter the courtroom. In his objection Swift said that to his knowledge this has never…
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Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day 3: Evidence Not Collected In Timely Fashion
On the third day of testimony in the trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman charged with attempted murder of U.S. soldiers, FBI forensic analysts conceded that evidence from the crime scene in Ghazni, Afghanistan was not properly preserved or timely collected. When cross examining FBI Forensic expert, Aafia Siddiqui’s defense attorney established that…
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Afghan National Claims Dr. Siddiqui Shot M-4
An Afghan national who lived and studied in Pakistan testified as a government witness today in New York that he saw Dr. Aafia Siddiqui shoot at U.S. and Afghan officials and lunged over her to grab the gun. Ahmed Gul, 27, came to the United States with an immigration visa sponsored by the government along…
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Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Says Her Children Were Tortured
Judge Richard Berman ordered Dr. Aafia Siddqui out of the courtroom on the first day of her trial after her shocking outburst proclaiming that she was held in a secret prison and her children were tortured. The outburst was in response to the testimony of the first prosecution witness, Robert Lee Snyder, a Captain in…
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Vigil for Fahad Hashmi and Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in New York
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Judge Claims Aafia Siddiqui Getting Fair Trial
Judge Richard Berman of Southern District of New York Tuesday denied the government’s request to bar Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from court room on the grounds that so far hearing has been conducted “transparently, fairly and efficiently,” Government had requested that Dr. Siddiqui should be prohibited from the courtroom claiming that her ‘outbursts’ have been “opportunistic…