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Today, on June 1 which is celebrated in many countries around the world as International Children’s Day, the Justice for Aafia Coalition is asking the Government of Afghanisistan and the US Government to disclose the whereabouts and welfare of Suleman Siddiqui, the seven year old son of Aafia Siddiqui who has been missing since 2003.

Maryam Hassan, founder of JFAC stated “we call upon the UN to instigate a full investigation into the disappearance of Suleman Siddiqui, the youngest child of Aafia Siddiqui. Suleman was last seen when only six months old, when apprehended along with his mother and siblings in Karachi in March 2003. Whilst his elder siblings were eventually recovered, after seven years Suleman’s fate remains unknown, with horrific rumours in circulation that he may have been killed in US custody.” (more…)

Last night, Armed Israeli Pirates attacked and boarded the Turkish passenger ship, Mavi Marmara , the lead ship in a convoy of six vessels carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza while they were still in international waters, 75 miles off the coast of Israel, in direct violation of international law.

The Israeli Pirates began shooting at the unarmed civilian passengers who were asleep on the deck, they continued firing long after the captain had hoisted a white flag indicating that the ships crew and passengers were not offering any resistance to Israel’s high seas piracy. (more…)

President Obama urgently needs to respond to recent developments in Pakistan relating to the missing children of jailed Pakistani national, Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, specifically, we need to know what US records reveal about the whereabouts of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi and her children between 2003 and 2008?

A week ago unidentified men on Sunday brought a 12-year-old girl to the home Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi in Karachi claiming that she is Maryam Khan the daughter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi.

Aafia Siddiqui’s lawyers maintain that she was abducted by the Pakistani and US agents along with her three children in 2003 and rendered to Afghanistan where she was detained by American forces for over five years. Siddiqui claims she was abused, raped and tortured throughout her detention.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on yesterday that a DNA test has now positively proved that Maryam Khan Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi in Karachi is the biological daughter of Aafia Siddiqui’s former husband, Dr Amjad Khan. (more…)