ISLAMABAD: Foreign Ministry of Pakistan on Saturday submitted a report to Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Dr Aafia Siddiqui case in which it was stated that she has the permission to communicate with her family.
As per the report, Dr Aafia was completely fine by the time of counselor access. The issue of human right is regularly raised before American US officials.
Aafia Siddiqui is serving an 86-year prison sentence after being convicted in Manhattan in 2010 on charges that she sought to shoot US military officers while being detained in Afghanistan two years earlier.
Read more: Dr Aafia Siddiqui received minor injuries in assault by fellow inmate: FO
Aafia Siddiqui — a US citizen of Pakistani origin — was convicted by a US court on charges of shooting at US army and FBI officers while in custody in Afghanistan and was sentenced to 86 years imprisonment.
On August 19, CAGE — an independent advocacy organization — said that it had received disturbing reports from Siddiqui’s lawyers stating that she had been attacked in her cell by an inmate who had been harassing her for some time.
According to the statement, the inmate smashed a coffee mug filled with scalding hot liquid into her face. “Dr Siddiqui curled into a fetal position to protect herself. She was unable to get up after the assault and had to be taken out of the cell in a wheelchair,” the statement said.
