Search results
Aafia Siddiqui (also spelled Afiya; Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی; born 2 March 1972) is a Pakistani national who is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, United States for attempted murder and other felonies.
- Convicted; sentenced to 86 years in prison
- 3, including Mohammad Ahmed
- 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
- Who Is Aafia Siddiqui?
- What Was The reaction?
- What’s The Latest on Siddiqui’s Imprisonment?
She’s a Pakistani neuroscientist who studied in the United States at prestigious institutions — Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She attracted the attention of American law enforcement in the years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Top FBI and Justice Department described her as an “al-Qaida operative and facilitator” at...
Pakistani officials immediately decried the punishment, which prompted protests in multiple cities and criticism in the media. The prime minister at the time, Yousuf Raza Gilani, called her the “daughter of the nation” and vowed to campaign for her release from jail. In the years since, Pakistani leaders have openly floated the idea of swaps or dea...
Siddiqui is being held at a federal prison in Fort Worth. She was attacked in July by another inmate at the facility and suffered serious injuries, according to court documents. In a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons, Siddiqui’s lawyers said another inmate “smashed a coffee mug filled with scaling hot liquid” into her face. When Siddiqu...
- etucker@ap.org
- National Security Reporter
Jan 16, 2022 · Who is Aafia Siddiqui, the federal prisoner at the center of the Texas hostage incident? Her lawyer says she opposes violence, but prosecutors said she yelled "I am going to kill all you...
- 3 min
- Dennis Romero,Ken Dilanian
Documents relating to the case of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist accused of trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, including a letter she wrote, the...
Jan 16, 2022 · About Aafia Siddiqui, the prisoner believed to be the motivating factor of the Colleyville hostage taker. Hostage situation at Texas synagogue. By Adrienne Vogt, Meg Wagner, Jessie Yeung and...
People also ask
Who is Aafia Siddiqui?
What is Aafia Siddiqui protest?
Does Aafia Siddiqui want no Jewish jurors at attempted murder trial?
Where is Ali Siddiqui now?
Oct 21, 2021 · 21 Oct 2021. Boston, United States – Dozens of protesters and human rights activists are calling on the Pakistani government to work to end the continued imprisonment of Pakistani neuroscientist...
Jan 15, 2022 · The woman whose freedom was sought, Aafia Siddiqui, is serving an 86-year prison sentence after being convicted in Manhattan in 2010 on charges that she sought to shoot U.S. military officers...
