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Kashmir women's group seeks Aafia Siddiqui's
release
Friday January 27, 2012 03:19:02 PM,
IANS
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Anti-US protest in Srinagar by
Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) women's separatist
group.
(Photo:
IANS/Raashid Bhat) |
Srinagar:
Muslim women separatist group, Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of
Faith) headed by Asiya Andrabi, staged a demonstration in Srinagar
Friday, demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a former Pakistan
neuro scientist serving a prison term in the US.
Burqa clad activists of Dukhtaran-e-Millat carrying placards and
banners torched the US flag in Press Enclave in Residency Road
area Friday afternoon and demanded the release of Pakistan neuro
scientist Aafia Siddiqui who is at present serving a prison term
in the US.
"The clerics of Pakistan and Kashmir have no right to lead the
Muslims as they have failed to raise their voice against the US
for imprisoning Aafia Siddiqui. We demand her release and also
demand that Muslim clerics should galvanize mass opinion for the
just cause of Aafia, who is a sufferer of US hegemony," said Asiya
Andrabi.
Police in strength gathered at the Press Enclave, but did not
intervene, allowing the protest to pale out peacefully.
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