Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Nasib banduan nombor 650

Pada bulan Ramadhan 2011, si ibu menerima panggilan telefon dari Aafia yang terpenjara di Amerika . Ibunya pun menangis bila terkenangkan nasib cucunya harus melalui penderitaan, cucu lelakinya masih hilang, dan anak perempuannya masih tidak jelas bila akan bebasnya, kecuali dengan redha Allah.

Tahukah apa yang Aafia katakan kepada ibunya?

“Wahai ibu janganlah menangis, saya gembira!” (Subhanallah, kenapa dia gembira?) “Wahai ibu, setiap malam dalam mimpiku Rasulullah SAW mengunjungiku. Lalu Rasulullah SAW mengajakku untuk menemui isterinya Aisyah ra, dan mengenalkannya kepada isterinya dan beliau berkata pada Aisyah.. inilah puteriku Aafia..” Subhanallah. ( rujuk: tausyah.wordpress.com )

Siapakah Aafia?

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui dilahirkan di Pakistan dan menjadi rakyat Amerika merupakan satu-satunya saintis neurologi di dunia yang mempunyai PHD dari Universiti Harvard. Juga mempunyai 144 sijil dan ijazah kehormat dari institusi serata dunia termasuk dari MIT. Beliau juga seorang hafizah al-Quran dan seorang mujahidah. Tiada seorang wanita barat yang setara dan setanding dengan pendidikan beliau.

Beliau diculik bersama 3 orang anak kecilnya selama 5 tahun tanpa khabar berita sehinggalah 4 orang tahanan Bagram yang berjaya melarikan diri mendedahkannya tentang banduan 650 yang tidak ketahui namanya. Mereka hanya mengetahui dia adalah seorang wanita Pakistan dan seorang ibu yang dipisahkan dari anak-anaknya dan setiap hari mereka akan mendengar wanita tersebut menjerit akibat diseksa. Seterusnya Yvonne Ridley seorang wartawan Britain mendedahkannya secara besar-besaran di sidang wartawan tentang siapa sebenar banduan 650. Sejak dari itu seluruh dunia ingin tahu apa yang telah terjadi kepada Dr. Aafia dalam tempoh 5 tahun tersebut dari 2003-2008 dan apa kesalahan beliau dan kenapa tidak dibicarakan. Penipuan Amerika tentang tiadanya banduan wanita di penjara Bagram akhirnya terbongkar bersama skrip-skrip bodoh untuk meyelamatkan maruah FBI Amerika.

Semasa di dalam tahanan di Bagram beliau diseksa dan dirogol setiap hari dan dinafikan haknya sebagai seorang wanita. Dipaksa menggunakan tandas lelaki dan bilik mandi yang terdedah dan boleh dilihat oleh pengawal-pengawal penjara. Situasi beliau sepanjang penahanan tersebut amat meyedihkan sehingga beliau hilang ingatan. Nasib anak-anaknya selama 5 tahun tersebut juga tidak diketahui oleh sesiapa sehingga sekarang.

Sehingga kini tiada dakwaan tentang kegiatan beliau bersama Al-Qaeda oleh pihak Amerika hanya melainkan dakwaan cubaan membunuh seorang askar Amerika dan FBI semasa di dalam tahanan di Afghanistan. Amat pelik apabila perbicaraan ini dilakukan di Amerika sedangkan kesalahan tersebut dilakukan di Afghnistan. Juga tiada bukti yang beliau melakukan cubaan bunuh melainkan beliau ditembak di perutnya sesama di dalam tahanan oleh askar Amerika kononnya untuk keselamatan diri.

Aafia kekal di pusat tahanan Amerika di New York, dengan keadaan tahap kesihatan yang amat teruk, beliau juga sering dihadapkan dengan penghinaan yang memalukan, dibogelkan dan di siasat seluruh rongga dengan cara yang amat menghinakan setiap kali beliau menerima pelawat secara sah ataupun selepas muncul di mahkamah. Beliau kemudiannya menolak untuk berjumpa dengan para peguambela beliau. Satu laporan juga menyatakan bahawa beliau berkemungkinan menghidap kerosakan sel-sel otak dan sebahagian dari usus kecil beliau telah dipotong dan dibuang. Peguamnya berkata bahawa Aafia menunjukkan gejala-gejala yang konsisten dengan penghidap Tekanan Perasaan Disebabkan Trauma (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

Sekarang tahun 2013, tiada kata pembebasan untuk saudari seIslam kita ini.

Tiada apa yang mampu kita lakukan. Hanya doakan yang terbaik buat beliau. Moga Allah menolong bukan sahaja beliau, malahan tahanan2 Muslim dan Muslimat di penjara2 Yahudi di luar sana. Andai beliau mati di dalam penjara dalam keadaan dianayai sedemikian rupa, mati beliau adalah mati syahid.

“Ya Allah! Tolonglah mereka yang dizalimi. Tolonglah kami umat Islam! Aamiiin.”

Justice for Aafia.

http://kisahbest.my/2013/02/sedih-disebalik-kisah-tirai-besi-banduan-650/

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Aafia Siddiqui

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafia_Siddiqui)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
عافیہ صدیقی
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

Born March 2, 1972 (age 40)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Other names 'Prisoner 650', 'Grey lady of Baghram'
Citizenship Pakistani[1][2]
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Brandeis University (PhD)
Occupation former Neuroscientist[3]
Height 5' 4"[4]
Weight 90 pounds (at time of arrangnment)[4]
Board member of Institute of Islamic Research and Teaching (President)[5][6]
Criminal penalty Convicted; sentenced to 86 years in prison.[7][8]
Criminal status being held in the FMC Carswell federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas.[7]
Spouse(s) Amjad Mohammed Khan (1995 – October 21, 2002) (divorced)
, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali (February 2003–present)
Children Mohammad Ahmed (b. 1996);
Mariam Bint Muhammad (b. 1998); and
Suleman (b. September 2002)

Aafia Siddiqui (Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی; born March 2, 1972) an MIT Graduate and mother of three, is an American-educated Pakistani cognitive neuroscientist who did her PhD and undergraduate studies from the United states.[9] Dr. Aafia Siddiqui left the United States for Pakistan in 2002. Since the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in March 2003 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, by the Inter-Services Intelligence, it is believed that Khalid mentioned Dr. Aafia’s name during his interrogation . He has later said that he gave the names of innocent people under torture to "please his captors". Aafia’s lawyers believe her name was one of these.[10][10] After she was named by him, Aafia and her children, the youngest only 6 months old, were kidnapped, tortured and illegally assaulted somewhere in 2003 and there whereabouts were unknown for 5 years. She was then found to be in Afghanistan under detention in 2008. Aafia was not charged for any terrorist-related activities. Instead she was tried and convicted in U.S. federal court for assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan .[11][12][13] Aafia was sentenced by a United States district court to 86 years in prison.[14] [11]


Background

Aafia Siddiqui came to the United States on a student visa in 1990 for both undergraduate and graduate education, and she eventually settled in Massachusetts and earned a PhD in neuroscience from Brandeis University in 2001. A devout Muslim who had engaged in Islamic charity work,[4] Aafia travelled to Pakistan in 2002, before disappearing with her three young children in March 2003.[3][15][16] Her whereabouts were reported to have been unknown for more than five years, until she was found in July 2008 to be in Afghanistan.[9] [16][17] [16] [3] [11][12][13]
Aafia was shot at and severely wounded at the police compound the following day. She grabbed an unattended rifle from behind a curtain and began shooting at innocent Americans.[18] Aafia however, clarified, that she stood up to attempt to deprive the soldiers of their lives using a rifle, the soldiers in defence shot back at her.[19] She had been assaulted at, mistreated and physically harrased in Bagram Air Base and was flown to the U.S.[20] to be charged in a New York City federal court with attempted murder, and armed assault on U.S. officers and employees.[15][21] She denied the charges.[22] After receiving psychological evaluations and therapy, the judge declared her mentally fit to stand trial.[23][24] Aafia interrupted the trial proceedings with vocal outbursts due to the shear pain she had to endure for 6 years after her kidnapping and of her children and the physical torture done against them.[11] The jury convicted her of all the charges in February 2010.[14][18][25] The prosecution argued for "terrorism enhancement" of the charges that would require a life term;[7] Siddiqui's lawyers requested a 12-year sentence, arguing that she was mentally ill.[26][27] The charges against her stemmed solely from the shooting, and Siddiqui was not charged with, or prosecuted for, any terrorism-related offenses.[28][29]
Amnesty International monitored the trial for fairness.[30] Four British Parliamentarians called the trial a grave miscarriage of justice that violated the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution as well as the United States' obligations as a member of the United Nations, and demanded Siddiqui's release. In a letter to Barack Obama, they stated that there was a lack of scientific and forensic evidence tying Siddiqui to the weapon she allegedly fired.[31] Many of Siddiqui's supporters, including some international human rights organizations, have claimed that Siddiqui was not an extremist and that she and her young children were illegally detained, interrogated and tortured by Pakistani intelligence, U.S. authorities or both during her five-year disappearance.[3] The U.S. and Pakistan governments have denied all such claims.[12][32]
The Police Superintendent of Sindh Province, Pakistan said in a 2010 audio-recorded testimony that he "confirmed his personal involvement in arresting Siddiqui and her three small children in March 2003 . He said that local Karachi authorities were involved, participating with Pakistani intelligence (ISI), CIA and FBI agents."[33][34]

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