NOVANEWS
March 29, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
[Former U.S. Attorney General] Ramsey Clark in Fort Worth, Texas,
to address the plight of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
FRIDAY @ 3 PM outside the US District Court located at 10th & Lamar Sts. in downtown Fort Worth.
SATURDAY @ 12:00 outside the Westworth (TX) entrance to the Carswell military base, where the women’s penal institution FMC Carswell is located.
On Friday, March 8 (“International Women’s Day”), a press conference was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The press conference focused attention on the cases of three women – Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and Attorney Lynne Stewart – two prominent female prisoners being held at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas – and the late Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist killed by an Israeli soldier in March 2003. The press conference was followed later in the day by a protest rally for Dr. Siddiqui at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, DC.
This Friday and Saturday, March 29-30, the second part of the American branch of a global mobilization, marking 10 years of unjust imprisonment for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, will unfold in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the speakers will be the former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani national who came to the United States in 1990 and graduated from both MIT and Brandeis University with honors. Widely respected for her humanitarian relief work and commitment to her faith (Islam), Dr. Siddiqui became a person of suspicion after the tragedy of 9/11; a suspicion which ultimately resulted in Dr. Siddiqui and her three young children (two of whom area American born citizens) becoming targets of a rendition operation not long after she returned home to Karachi, Pakistan in 2002. (The exact date of their disappearance was March 30, 2003.)
Dr. Siddiqui is currently imprisoned at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, under conditions that violate the US Constitution’s guarantee against“cruel and unusual punishment.” The purpose of the demonstration is to demand her release and repatriation – and until such time, that she receive the humane treatment that she is constitutionally entitled to, even as a prisoner of the U.S. government.
The Coalition of Conscience comprises (in Alphabetical order):
COALITION TO STOP FBI REPRESSION (CSFR)
FAMILIES UNITED FOR JUSTICE IN AMERICA (FUJA)
INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER (IAC)
NATIONAL COALITION TO PROTECT CIVIL FREEDOMS (NCPCF)
PAKISTAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC FORUM (PADF)
PROJECT SALAM
THE PEACE THRU JUSTICE FOUNDATION
UNITED NATIONAL ANTIWAR COALITION (UNAC)
And the former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark
For additional information
Tel: (202) 246-9608, or E-mail: peacethrujustice@aol.com
This Friday and Saturday, March 29-30, the second part of the American branch of a global mobilization, marking 10 years of unjust imprisonment for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, will unfold in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the speakers will be the former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani national who came to the United States in 1990 and graduated from both MIT and Brandeis University with honors. Widely respected for her humanitarian relief work and commitment to her faith (Islam), Dr. Siddiqui became a person of suspicion after the tragedy of 9/11; a suspicion which ultimately resulted in Dr. Siddiqui and her three young children (two of whom area American born citizens) becoming targets of a rendition operation not long after she returned home to Karachi, Pakistan in 2002. (The exact date of their disappearance was March 30, 2003.)
Dr. Siddiqui is currently imprisoned at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, under conditions that violate the US Constitution’s guarantee against“cruel and unusual punishment.” The purpose of the demonstration is to demand her release and repatriation – and until such time, that she receive the humane treatment that she is constitutionally entitled to, even as a prisoner of the U.S. government.
The Coalition of Conscience comprises (in Alphabetical order):
COALITION TO STOP FBI REPRESSION (CSFR)
FAMILIES UNITED FOR JUSTICE IN AMERICA (FUJA)
INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER (IAC)
NATIONAL COALITION TO PROTECT CIVIL FREEDOMS (NCPCF)
PAKISTAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC FORUM (PADF)
PROJECT SALAM
THE PEACE THRU JUSTICE FOUNDATION
UNITED NATIONAL ANTIWAR COALITION (UNAC)
And the former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark
For additional information
Tel: (202) 246-9608, or E-mail: peacethrujustice@aol.com
