Shakil Afridi starts hunger strike

[Malik495]

By Reuters
Published: November 29, 2012

PESHAWAR: The doctor who helped the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hunt down Osama bin Laden started a hunger strike in his jail cell this week to protest against his living conditions, prison officials said on Thursday.
Shakil Afridi was sentenced in May to 33 years in jail for his links to a banned militant group. The decision was widely seen as punishment for helping the CIA find the al Qaeda leader, and has led to strained ties between Washington and Islamabad.
Prison officials in Peshawar said they are keeping Afridi in solitary confinement and will not allow him to have visitors nor speak to anyone by telephone as punishment for a media interview he gave in September.
After the interview in which Dr. Shakil Afridi levelled serious allegations against the countrys top spy agency, the prison authorities barred his family members and lawyers from meeting him, said a prison official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
In protest, Dr Shakil has begun a hunger strike for an indefinite period.
An investigation following the September interview found that Afridi had bribed guards to use their cell phones to speak to journalists, family and friends, making a total of 58 calls, prison officials said. Six prison guards have been suspended.
US officials have hailed Afridi, aged in his 40s, as a hero for helping pinpoint Bin Ladens location before the May 2011 raid that killed the al Qaeda leader.
Afridis family and lawyers maintain he was not guilty of any wrongdoing.
He is not allowed to meet with us, his brother and other family members. He is a human being and would definitely be frustrated enough to begin a hunger strike, said Afridis lawyer, Samiullah Afridi.
Afridi had been working with the CIA for years before the Bin Laden raid, providing intelligence on militant groups in Pakistans tribal region
http://tribune.com.pk/story/472683/shakil-afridi-in-starts-hunger-strike/

 

[Sedqal]

[MENTION=26526]zhohaq[/MENTION],

Please share your opinion on Shakil Afridi (as you seem well informed on Waziristan issue). Some are saying he is a culprit, others are saying that Army had something to do with the whole thing and he was merely a pawn.

 

[Mehrushka]

There was no osama in abbotabad......(bigsmile)

 

[indigo]

Military was hiding Osama at their base camp.

Case dismiss.

 

[aamir_uetn]

​اچھا ہے ڈائٹنگ ہو جائے گی

 

[Malik495]

There was no osama in abbotabad......(bigsmile)

wait for movie zero dark thirty..... us men sabit kr dia gaya hay k osama tha abbotabad men lol

 

[aamir_uetn]

There was no osama in abbotabad......(bigsmile)

then how america was so sure that, osama will never be seen on the face of earth again ?? ;)

 

[Mehrushka]

Military was hiding Osama in their base camp.

Case dismiss.

kahan dismiss .....? why didnt US show osama's body (bigsmile) sadam ke case main to jab woh cheenk bhi marta tha to media ko dekhate thay,and the world's most wanted man was caught(i dont think so)and then thrown in the sea...oh wow!!(bigsmile)

 

[Mehrushka]

then how america was so sure that, osama will never be seen on the face of earth again ?? ;)

oh puleeez osama died ages ago and US knew that already,this abbotabad thing is just a comedy drama!(bigsmile)

 

[aamir_uetn]

kahan dismiss .....? why didnt US show osama's body (bigsmile) sadam ke case main to jab woh cheenk bhi marta tha to media ko dekhate thay,and the world's most wanted man was caught(i dont think so)and then thrown in the sea...oh wow!!(bigsmile)

iss baat m bhi wazan hai, aakhir itna chhupaney ki kya zroorat thi, saddam ki tarha show kar detey, bal k trial kartey usska, kisi ko shak to nai rehta

 

[Mehrushka]

iss baat m bhi wazan hai, aakhir itna chhupaney ki kya zroorat thi, saddam ki tarha show kar detey, bal k trial kartey usska, kisi ko shak to nai rehta

Good morning..(bigsmile)

 

[aamir_uetn]

oh puleeez osama died ages ago and US knew that already,this abbotabad thing is just a comedy drama!(bigsmile)

and how u r so sure that osama had died ages ago?? and what about his wife and children who was army custody and then handed over to suadia ;)

 

[aamir_uetn]

Good morning..(bigsmile)

7:46 PM pe , 7:46 AM wala mesg??? kya yeh khula tazad nahi

 

[Mehrushka]

and how u r so sure that osama had died ages ago?? and what about his wife and children who was army custody and then handed over to suadia ;)

Ek to ap topic hamesha derail karte hain...lets focus on osama for now,ap uski biwion ko chorein for now(bigsmile)

 

[Mehrushka]

7:46 PM pe , 7:46 AM wala mesg??? kya yeh khula tazad nahi

good morning is liye boli...coz i thought apko is baat ka ehsas ab huwa hai that US lied about it (bigsmile)

 

[AliYousafzai]

ossama ki murghiyan khila do essey.. by the way wo khai kis ne??

 

[Mehrushka]

ossama ki murghiyan khila do essey.. by the way wo khai kis ne??

:lol::lol::lol: woh bhi US ne samander main phenk di :lol:

 

[aamir_uetn]

Ek to ap topic hamesha derail karte hain...lets focus on osama for now,ap uski biwion ko chorein for now(bigsmile)

uski biviyan isi topic ka aik important part hain, agar usama yahan nai tha to usski biviyan aur bachay yahan kya kar rahay thay ;)

 

[AliYousafzai]

:lol::lol::lol: woh bhi US ne samander main phenk di :lol:

yani ossama biryani with chicken karahi?? machliyon ke tu mazey ho gaye :lol:

 

[Mehrushka]

uski biviyan isi topic ka aik important part hain, agar usama yahan nai tha to usski biviyan aur bachay yahan kya kar rahay thay ;)

osama was not there..thats for sure,as for his wives ,yeh ap unhein se poochiye what they were doing there(bigsmile)