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      <title>Aafia Siddiqui raped in prison as punishment, lawyer says</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving an 86-year sentence in a U.S. prison, has allegedly been subjected to sexual abuse and other mistreatment while incarcerated, according to her lawyer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Siddiqui, a 49-year-old mother of three, was convicted in 2010 of attempting to shoot and kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Her conviction and harsh sentencing have been controversial, with many in Pakistan viewing her as a victim of the U.S. criminal justice system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Clive Stafford Smith, a human rights lawyer representing Siddiqui, has made shocking claims about her treatment at the Federal Medical Center in Carswell, Texas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He stated that Siddiqui has been “raped” by prison guards on at least two occasions, and has faced countless other incidents of abuse by both guards and other inmates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also read:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30265125/"&gt;Aafia Siddiqui assaulted in US prison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Smith expressed shame as an American over the U.S. prison system’s treatment of Siddiqui, describing it as “pretty unspeakable in terms of the sexual mistreatment.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He said Siddiqui’s complaints were “extreme” and “true,” and that she has faced the “harshest” treatment of any woman in the federal prison system.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Siddiqui’s case continues to draw attention and outrage in Pakistan, where the governments of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif have made efforts to secure her release.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Her lawyer says he has informed the Pakistani government of the abuse allegations and that it is the duty of her government to protect her.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving an 86-year sentence in a U.S. prison, has allegedly been subjected to sexual abuse and other mistreatment while incarcerated, according to her lawyer.</strong></p>
<p>Siddiqui, a 49-year-old mother of three, was convicted in 2010 of attempting to shoot and kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Her conviction and harsh sentencing have been controversial, with many in Pakistan viewing her as a victim of the U.S. criminal justice system.</p>
<p>Clive Stafford Smith, a human rights lawyer representing Siddiqui, has made shocking claims about her treatment at the Federal Medical Center in Carswell, Texas.</p>
<p>He stated that Siddiqui has been “raped” by prison guards on at least two occasions, and has faced countless other incidents of abuse by both guards and other inmates.</p>
<p><strong>Also read:</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30265125/">Aafia Siddiqui assaulted in US prison</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30323029/aafia-siddiqui-meets-sister-after-20-years">Aafia Siddiqui meets sister after 20 years</a></strong></p>
<p>Smith expressed shame as an American over the U.S. prison system’s treatment of Siddiqui, describing it as “pretty unspeakable in terms of the sexual mistreatment.”</p>
<p>He said Siddiqui’s complaints were “extreme” and “true,” and that she has faced the “harshest” treatment of any woman in the federal prison system.</p>
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<p>Siddiqui’s case continues to draw attention and outrage in Pakistan, where the governments of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif have made efforts to secure her release.</p>
<p>Her lawyer says he has informed the Pakistani government of the abuse allegations and that it is the duty of her government to protect her.</p>
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