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Aafia Siddiqui Forced to Walk Naked Over the Quran
JFAC Horrified by New Abuse Revelations, Aafia Siddiqui Forced to Walk Naked Over the Quran
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30th 2010
Contact: info@justiceforaafia.org
As hundreds of concerned citizens hold a Day of Remembrance in Pakistan to commemorate the seventh anniversary of her disappearance, the Justice for Aafia Coalition reveal for the first time, in the English language, specific harrowing details of the abuse Aafia Siddiqui was forced to endure in the years spent in secret detention.
During the course of an interview by Kamran Shahid on Pakistans Front Line, screened 26th March, Siddiquis mother and sister described publicly for the first time the various forms of torture she underwent at the hands of US agents. This included being:
* forcefully stripped by six men and then repeatedly sexually abused
* beaten with rifle ***** until she bled
* bound to a bed, with her hands and feet tied whilst unspecified forms of torture were administered to the soles of her feet and head
* injected with unknown substances
* dragged by her hair
* having her hairs pulled out one by one
* forced to walk on the Quran which had been desecrated in her cell whilst naked
Maryam Hassan, founder of the Justice for Aafia Coalition (JFAC), commented:
These most recent horrific revelations shine a light for the first time on years of detention shrouded until now in darkness and mystery. Forced nudity, violent sexual abuse, the desecration of the Quran, video-taped torture sessions have become infamous hallmarks of US detention since the start of the War on Terror, from Bagram to Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
The Obama administration must immediately disclose any video evidence in its possession relating to Ms Siddiquis detention and torture. The American public has a right to know what is being carried out in its name as much as the Pakistani public are deserving of knowing the horrendous abuse one of their citizens has been subjected to.
For the full interview, transcribed and translated into English by the Justice for Aafia Coalition, please visit:
http://justiceforaafia.org/index.php...diquis-family-
JFAC Horrified by New Abuse Revelations, Aafia Siddiqui Forced to Walk Naked Over the Quran
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30th 2010
Contact: info@justiceforaafia.org
As hundreds of concerned citizens hold a Day of Remembrance in Pakistan to commemorate the seventh anniversary of her disappearance, the Justice for Aafia Coalition reveal for the first time, in the English language, specific harrowing details of the abuse Aafia Siddiqui was forced to endure in the years spent in secret detention.
During the course of an interview by Kamran Shahid on Pakistans Front Line, screened 26th March, Siddiquis mother and sister described publicly for the first time the various forms of torture she underwent at the hands of US agents. This included being:
* forcefully stripped by six men and then repeatedly sexually abused
* beaten with rifle ***** until she bled
* bound to a bed, with her hands and feet tied whilst unspecified forms of torture were administered to the soles of her feet and head
* injected with unknown substances
* dragged by her hair
* having her hairs pulled out one by one
* forced to walk on the Quran which had been desecrated in her cell whilst naked
Maryam Hassan, founder of the Justice for Aafia Coalition (JFAC), commented:
These most recent horrific revelations shine a light for the first time on years of detention shrouded until now in darkness and mystery. Forced nudity, violent sexual abuse, the desecration of the Quran, video-taped torture sessions have become infamous hallmarks of US detention since the start of the War on Terror, from Bagram to Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
The Obama administration must immediately disclose any video evidence in its possession relating to Ms Siddiquis detention and torture. The American public has a right to know what is being carried out in its name as much as the Pakistani public are deserving of knowing the horrendous abuse one of their citizens has been subjected to.
For the full interview, transcribed and translated into English by the Justice for Aafia Coalition, please visit:
http://justiceforaafia.org/index.php...diquis-family-