Palau willing to take remaining Guantanamo Uighurs
09-02-2010
Palau's President Johnson Toribiong said his country was willing to take the remaining five Uighurs being held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
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Obama: 9/11 suspect may stand trial in NY
08-02-2010
Human rights groups, such as the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch say the harsh treatment inflicted on Mohammed during his stay at the Guantanamo detention center amounts to torture, questioning credibility of the 'confessions' under interrogation.
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Aafia Siddiqui conviction triggers more anti-US demos
08-02-2010
Hundreds of people have marched through the streets of Karachi to protest against the conviction of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui in the United States.
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Imran Khan urges Pak Govt. to take concrete action for Aafia's release
08-02-2010
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has urged the government to seriously pursue the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who was recently indicted by a US court on terrorism charges, and take concrete step to ensure her safe return to the country.
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UK lawyers demand withdrawal of Aafia’s case
08-02-2010
The UK-based Association of Pakistan Lawyers (APL) has demanded withdrawal of case against Dr Aafia Siddiqui declaring the conviction unsafe and has called for a public enquiry regarding her treatment. The APL, according to its chair barrister Amjad Malik following its executive committee meeting, has despatched letters to the US leadership calling for Dr.Siddiqui’s immediate repatriation to Pakistan.
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School bombing exposes Obama’s secret war inside Pakistan
08-02-2010
THE discovery of three American soldiers among the dead in a suicide bombing at the opening of a girls’ school in the northwestern Pakistan town of Dir last week reignited the fears of many Pakistanis that Washington was set on invading their country.
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Dismissal of a Guantánamo Case Is Sought
08-02-2010
The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to consider dismissing a case on the rights of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
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US verdict sparks Pakistan protests
08-02-2010
Thousands of Pakistanis have staged rallies against the conviction of a Pakistani scientist found guilty of trying to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan.
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Secondhand ebooks
08-02-2010
Today, 6 February, marks the eighth year of the unjust detention of a British resident in Guantánamo. Shaker Aamer was cleared for release in June 2007 by the Bush administration. He faces no charges or trial.
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China attacks Guantanamo Uighurs' asylum in Switzerland
05-02-2010
China has criticised a Swiss offer of asylum for two ethnic Uighur Chinese inmates at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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The courts' shifting rules on Guantanamo detainees
05-02-2010
One judge rules that a detainee's statements to his military review tribunal are tainted by past coercion -- and orders him released. Within days, another judge rules that a detainee's statements to the same sort of tribunal are not tainted, despite similar abuse -- and affirms his detention.
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LHCBA condemns US court verdict against Dr Aafia
05-02-2010
The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) general house on Thursday condemned the US jury verdict against Dr Aafia Siddiqui, terming it a brutal act by the country that claims to champion human rights
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Mushahid proposes Imran-led All Parties Delegation for Aafia's repatriation
05-02-2010
ML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has recommended that an All Parties Delegation led by Imran Khan Chairman Pakistan Therik-e-Insaf (TIP) should be sent to meet US President Barack Hussain Obama to seek reversal of the court verdict against Dr Aafia Siddiqui and make possible her immediate repatriation to Pakistan.
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JI protests Dr Afia’s ‘unjust’ conviction
05-02-2010
The women wing of Jamat-e-Islami (JI) staged a protest outside the Idara-e-Noor-e-Haq on Thursday for what they termed as an unjust verdict announced by the US jury regarding Dr Afia Siddiqui.
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Switzerland to take two Guantanamo Bay Uighurs
04-02-2010
Switzerland has agreed to take two ethnic Uighur Chinese inmates from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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Latvia Agrees To Take Uzbek Inmate From Guantanamo
04-02-2010
Latvia has agreed to accept an Uzbek citizen currently held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, RFE/RL's Russian and Uzbek services report.
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'Disappeared' Pakistani woman convicted of attempted murder
04-02-2010
The United States will never regain a position of trust in the world as long as a miscarriage of justice like this is unchallenged and uncorrected.
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Latvia to accept 1 Guantanamo inmate
03-02-2010
RIGA, Latvia -- Latvia's government says it will accept one inmate from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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Secret Afghan Prisons Revealed
03-02-2010
"The night raids are the most unpopular actions of coalition forces, more so than air strikes that kill civilians," he says. "They're seen as a major affront to local culture, to the extent where people are actually scared in many places to actually go to sleep at night, because they don't know who will burst through the door at night and take away their loved ones."
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Are Children of Dr. Aafia Still Alive?
03-02-2010
If it is true that the kids have been killed, then, the question arises, who will be charged with “attempting to murder a U.S. National”, for that crime.
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