[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, currently serving an 86-year sentence in the US, has reportedly experienced sexual assault twice during her detention, as disclosed by her attorney.
Attorney Clive Stafford Smith informed Geo News that the Pakistani government is aware of these incidents, with Siddiqui herself informing him. A complaint regarding the sexual assault has been officially lodged.
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Smith further disclosed that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui had also been subjected to rape as part of a coercive interrogation technique while in Afghanistan’s Bagram jail.
In a meeting on Monday at a prison hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, Aafia Siddiqui had her second encounter with her sister Fowzia in 20 years. The meeting, lasting over 40 minutes, included the presence of Senator Talha Mahmood and Aafia Siddiqui’s lawyer.
Notably, Dr. Fowzia’s planned meetings with Aafia Siddiqui on December 2 and 3 were denied, as authorities claimed to have ‘lost’ the key to the prison.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
