Re: Dr Afia Prisoner 650
the result of hearing?
Re: Dr Afia Prisoner 650
^ read post #93](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pakistan-affairs/292069-dr-afia-prisoner-650-a-3.html#post6030327).
Re: Dr Afia Prisoner 650
Latest is that the court process has now been delayed. Dr Aafia’s defence lawyers say that she refused to come to court to plead not guilty to the charges because she didn’t want to be strip-searched, a process that all prisoners go through when moving between federal lockups and courthouses.
The new court appearance is scheduled for September 22nd and the judge has ordered her defence laywers to either persuade her to agree to come to court (and thus be strip searched), or to agree to enter her plea via video camera link from jail.
He’s also ordered her defence lawyers to assess whether Dr Aafia is competent to stand trial.
Interestingly enough, A government official briefed on the case has told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the New York landmarks were a “wish list” of potential targets but that **there was no evidence of a credible plot..**
This lady has been in their custody since so long and this is just so shocking.
Update:
She refused to come to court again. Therefore the judge has entered a “Not Guilty” plea on her behalf.
However, now even the US government prosecutor who is supposed to make the case against her is saying that she is in no condition to stand trial and needs psychiatric care instead.
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Sep08/24/13.htm
In a letter to US District Judge Richard Berman, US Attorney Michael Garcia said that there was reason to believe Siddiqui, who has refused to co-operate with prison doctors, is suffering from a mental disease and is unfit to stand trial. The letter, which was made public on Tuesday, asked for a competency hearing and complete psychiatric evaluation. Garcia asked the court to find that “there is a reasonable cause to believe that the defendant may be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering her incompetent to enter a plea or stand trial”.
Judge enters Aafia Siddiqui’s not guilty plea -DAWN - Top Stories; September 25, 2008
NEW YORK, Sept 24: Judge Richard M. Berman entered on Tuesday not guilty plea on behalf of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui as she again refused to come to the court.
At the Manhattan court hearing Judge Berman said he would order a “full medical and physical” evaluation of Ms Siddiqui next week whether or not she was competent to stand trial.
The judge also set Dec 17 as the next hearing date and set a tentative trial date for March 9, 2009.
Ms Siddiqui’s lawyer, Elizabeth M. Fink, has also written to the judge about her client’s mental state, citing what she called “the urgent need to treat her in a hospital setting”.—Correspondent
Re: Dr Afia Prisoner 650
^ God bless Musharraf 
Exactly
It is disgusting what Mush and his goons did, just for more money and his kursi
Thank God democracy has brough us a govt that is bringing up this issue at the highest level
Long live democracy in Pakistan 