The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), initially admitted that they had arrested Dr. Afia and then later denied it. Now, due to the coverage of the UA both in Pakistan and internationally, the FBI has now announced that “Dr. Afia Siddiqui is alive, she is in Afghanistan but she is injured”. No further details have been provided and the AHRC is especially concerned about the three children who were also abducted along with her. It is reported that after receiving hundreds of responses to the UA initiated by the AHRC, the American and Pakistani authorities were compelled to issue information of the whereabouts of Afia Siddiqui who had been missing for five years after being arrested by the Pakistani Intelligence Agency. Acting on the information received, the AHRC in its appeal suspected that Dr. Afia is being kept in Bagram jail, Afghanistan, and that because of severe torture, had lost her mind. At this point people responded in their hundreds which pressured the American authorities. On 1st August an FBI official visited the house of Dr. Afia’s brother in Houston to deliver the news that she is alive and in custody, Ms. Elaine Whitfield Sharp, Dr. Afia’s lawyer, said that FBI officials would not say exactly who is holding her or reveal the fate of her three young, American-born children.

It is also reported that after filing a habeas corpus writ petition in the Islamabad High Court, Dr. Afia’s friends and relatives were threatened by several state agencies of Pakistan to withdraw the case or face the same situation.

After the confirmation from the American FBI that she is in Afghanistan and that she is injured, the entire responsibility for Dr. Afia’s abduction, being held incommunicado for five years, her torture, illegal detention, illegal handing over to a foreign country and the fate of her three children, lies squarely with the FBI and Pakistani state agencies, particularly the Pakistani ISI, who is currently threatening the family members to remain silent.

The Asian Human Rights Commission urges the UN Human Rights Commission and other Human Rights offices to start an immediate probe into the illegal arrest and detention of Dr. Afia and immediately investigate the situation of the children. The government of America, Afghanistan and Pakistan must bring the perpetrators of such gross human rights violations to trial. NATO, America and its allied forces should be asked to immediately release Dr. Afia Siddiqui and her three children and provide mental and physical rehabilitation to the victims along with substantial compensation.

Comments: Under the laws of Pakistan and the United Nations
international laws, the U.S. Government (Bush-Cheney Junta), U.S.
military, U.S. DOD, ISAF, NATO, U.S. CIA, U.S. DHS, U.S. DOJ, U.S.
FBI, Pakistan Army's MI, ISI, IB or FIA, Afghan Police and the illegal
Drug Mafia's Terrorist Regime of Afghan War Criminal Hamid Karzai have
NO legal right and NO lawful authority to illegally kidnap from
Pakistan, unlawfully arrest in Afghanistan or America, illegally
detain in Afghanistan or the USA, unlawfully torture in Afghanistan or
America and illegally prosecute or persecute Dr. Aafia (Afia) Siddiqui
(Date of Birth used: 2 March 1972) and her children in Afghanistan or
the United States of America (USA), because Mrs. Aafia Siddiqui is a
citizen/national of Pakistan and because the US-NATO armed forces have
illegally occupied Afghanistan by arbitrarily violating the UN
international laws. Indeed, all good people of the whole world must
persistently try to bring all US-NATO evil war criminals to real legal
justice in the International Criminal Court (ICC) or other courts of
law for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes
against peace in unlawfully occupied Afghanistan and illegally
occupied Iraq.
The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) initially admitted
that they had [illegally] arrested Dr. Afia [Aafia Siddiqui] and then
later denied it. Now, due to the coverage of the UA both in Pakistan
and internationally, the FBI has now announced that "Dr. Afia Siddiqui
is alive, she is in Afghanistan but she is injured." No further
details have been provided and the AHRC is especially concerned about
the three children who were also [unlawfully] abducted along with her.

It is reported that after receiving hundreds of responses to the UA
initiated by the AHRC, the American and Pakistani authorities were
compelled to issue information of the whereabouts of Afia Siddiqui who
had been missing for five years after being [illegally] arrested by
the Pakistani intelligence agency. Acting on the information received,
the AHRC in its appeal suspected that Dr. Afia is being kept in Bagram
jail, Afghanistan, and that because of severe torture, had lost her
mind. At this point people responded in their hundreds which pressured
the American authorities. On 1st August [2008], an FBI official
visited the house of Dr. Afia's brother in Houston [Texas, USA] to
deliver the news that she is alive and in custody. Ms. Elaine
Whitfield Sharp, Dr. Afia's lawyer, said that FBI officials would not
say exactly who is holding her or reveal the fate of her three young,
American-born children.

It is also reported that after filing a habeas corpus writ petition in
the Islamabad High Court [IHC], Dr. Afia's friends and relatives were
threatened by several state agencies of Pakistan to withdraw the case
or face the same situation.

After the confirmation from the American FBI that she is in
Afghanistan and that she is injured, the entire responsibility for Dr.
Afia's abduction, being held incommunicado for five years, her
torture, illegal detention, illegal handing over [by the Government of
Pakistan] to a foreign country [Afghanistan or the USA] and the fate
of her three children, lies squarely with the FBI and Pakistani state
agencies, particularly the Pakistani ISI [Inter-Services
Intelligence], who is currently threatening the family members to
remain silent.

Unbelievable Story of the U.S. Department of
Justice and the U.S. FBI:

Aafia Siddiqui Arrested for Attempting to Kill United States Officers
in Afghanistan

NEW YORK, NY, USA (InformPress.com) - Michael J. Garcia, the United
States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark J.
Mershon, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Raymond W. Kelly, the
Police Commissioner of the City of New York, announced today the
arrest of Aafia Siddiqui on charges related to her attempted murder
and assault of United States officers and employees in Afghanistan.
Siddiqui arrived in New York this evening and will be presented
tomorrow before a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the
Complaint filed in Manhattan federal court:

On July 17, 2008, officers of the Ghazni Province Afghanistan National
Police ("ANP") observed Siddiqui outside the Ghazni governor's
compound. ANP officers questioned Siddiqui, regarded her as
suspicious, and searched her handbag. In it, they found numerous
documents describing the creation of explosives, as well as excerpts
from the Anarchist's Arsenal. Siddiqui's papers included descriptions
of various landmarks in the United States, including in New York City.
Siddiqui was also in possession of substances that were sealed in
bottles and glass jars.

On July 18, 2008, a party of United States personnel, including two
FBI special agents, a United States Army Warrant Officer, a United
States Army Captain, and United States military interpreters, arrived
at the Afghan facility where Siddiqui was being held. The personnel
entered a second floor meeting room -- unaware that Siddiqui was being
held there, unsecured, behind a curtain.

The Warrant Officer took a seat and placed his United States Army M-4
rifle on the floor next to the curtain. Shortly after the meeting
began, the Captain heard a woman yell from the curtain and, when he
turned, saw Siddiqui holding the Warrant Officer's rifle and pointing
it directly at the Captain. Siddiqui said, "May the blood of
[unintelligible] be directly on your [unintelligible, possibly head or
hands]." The interpreter seated closest to Siddiqui lunged at her and
pushed the rifle away as Siddiqui pulled the trigger. Siddiqui fired
at least two shots but no one was hit. The Warrant Officer returned
fire with a 9 mm service pistol and fired approximately two rounds at
Siddiqui's torso, hitting her at least once.

Despite being shot, Siddiqui struggled with the officers when they
tried to subdue her; she struck and kicked them while shouting in
English that she wanted to kill Americans. After being subdued,
Siddiqui temporarily lost consciousness. The agents and officers then
rendered medical aid to Siddiqui.

Siddiqui, a 36-year-old Pakistani woman who previously resided in the
United States, is charged in a criminal Complaint filed in the
Southern District of New York with one count of attempting to kill
United States officers and employees and one count of assaulting
United States officers and employees. If convicted, Siddiqui faces a
maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each charge.

Mr. Garcia praised the investigative work of the Joint Terrorism Task
Force ("JTTF"), the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York City
Police Department. He also expressed his gratitude to the Office of
International Affairs of the Criminal Division of the United States
Department of Justice and the United States Department of State for
their assistance in the case. Mr. Garcia also thanked the United
States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts for their
assistance.