Huge protests rose in Pakistan on the verdict to convict a Pakistani scientist who was allegedly found guilty in Afghanistan of killing American Servicemen.

Aafia Siddiqui, termed as innocent by the protesters in Pakistan, has been branded by few media houses in US as “Lady Qaeda”. Although an immatured and reckless act from these media houses, the main protest arose when she was convicted of involving of killing American Servicemen in 2008.

The relatives of siddiqui condemn this verdict saying that this verdict shows pure injustice in the man made courts.

In 2008, Aafia Siddiqui was arrested and interrogated by the American Servicemen. During the interrogation, its alleged that she grabbed the rifle from one of them and opened fired. In return, the American Servicemen also opened fired. Although none of the US agents or servicemen were injured, Aafia was shot in the incident.

At the time of her arrest Siddiqui was allegedly carrying containers of chemicals and notes referring to mass-casualty attacks and New York landmarks.

But the charge was not in connection with those materials or the charges she was convicted of made no mention of terrorism.

Siddiqui’s defense lawyer, Linda Moreno, During the trial, argued that there was no evidence the rifle Siddiqui was accused of taking had ever been fired, since no bullets, shell casings or bullet debris were recovered and no bullet holes detected.

Moreno also said the testimony of the government’s six eyewitnesses contradicted one another.

The verdict was also rejected by Cageprisoners, a UK-based rights group, stating the fact that evidence about Siddiqui’s whereabouts before to her arrest had been disallowed from the trial.

Refering to Obama’s administration and its dark side, Asim Qureshi, a spokesman for the group, said “The case of Aafia Siddiqui carries great significance in terms of the ability of the Obama administration to administer justice”.

“Already we have seen a blanket refusal to look at the facts of her detention prior to 2008, this verdict will only confirm what many already believe, that it is impossible for Muslim terrorism suspects to receive a fair trial in the US.”

Siddiqui had been missing for 5 years prior to her arrest, during which her family alleges she was held at the US military’s Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.

Both the US and the Pakistani authorities deny that Siddiqui was in custody before her arrest in 2008 in the town of Ghazni.

Hyder said: “Many hundreds of people have disappeared from Pakistan – they’re still not accounted for – and now that Dr Aafia’s case has come up, that’s likely to be a rallying point for the anti-American sentiment.”

This verdict once again raises up serious questions about justice in American court and the biasness of it. With major hidden facts, this case was not properly trialed and left the marks of injustice in it.

Salmon shohoor, One of the protester in Pakistan added “This is the hidden terrorism cell run by American administration. But they fail to understand that they are converting innocent and good human beings into Terrorists with their own hands”.

Siddiqui faces up to life in prison when she is sentenced on May 6. Her lawyers have said they intend to appeal the verdict.

[Source: Al-Jazeerah Network]