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Aafia Siddique case: ‘US personnel admit testimony against Aafia was not fact-based’
Key takeaways
- A petition seeking to reopen the case of Pakistani neuroscientist, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, in light of new evidence, is set to be heard by a US court on Monday, June 22, 2026.
- It is to be remembered that a Pakistani neuroscientist, Dr Aafia Siddique, is in prison in FMC, the women’s jail in Texas state of US since 2008.
- According to Dr Fowzia, some of the US military personnel who testified against Dr Aafia have now acknowledged that their testimony was not based on facts.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. A petition seeking to reopen the case of Pakistani neuroscientist, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, in light of new evidence, is set to be heard by a US court on Monday, June 22, 2026.
Speaking at a meeting with senior journalists and intellectuals at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) under the banner of the Aafia Movement, Dr Fowzia said that new evidence had emerged in the case for which Dr Aafia was sentenced to 86 years in prison by a US court.
It is to be remembered that a Pakistani neuroscientist, Dr Aafia Siddique, is in prison in FMC, the women’s jail in Texas state of US since 2008.
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