File photo of Shakil Afridi. PHOTO: AFP
A Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has spoken out to demand better conditions in prison and complain of being falsely implicated in a treason case, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Dr Shakeel Afridi also called for access to his lawyer in a letter that his attorney Samiullah Afridi said was genuine.
Shakeel Afridi was arrested and charged with betraying his country after US troops killed al Qaeda leader bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad in May 2011.
He was initially sentenced to 33 years in jail and given a fine, but a court in Peshawar overturned his sentence in August and ordered a retrial.
“I am perhaps the first Pakistani who has been denied access to his lawyer. What kind of justice is this?” he asked in the letter.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2013.
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A constant reminder of Pakistan's 3'rd World judicial system as well as your association/sponsorship of terrorism. Damage is done and destroying the OBL compound and tossing Afridi in jail for terrorism wasn't very smart. BTW - you ever going to actually release the Abbottabad Commission Report?
He should be charged only for the crime for which he is behind the bar rather than involving in other case If government has courage and proof for that.
“I am perhaps the first Pakistani who has been denied access to his lawyer. What kind of justice is this?”
Yea..you are the first one indeed in many many ways! You gave a reason for our ignorant tribals to spread polio and hepatitis to the world!
He would leave the country for US like raymond davis once the dollars are negotiated between Pakistani establishment and US government
Mr. Afridi the only right your deserve is the highest punishment for your unforgivable crime.
Dr. Afridi should have no basic rights in Pakistan. We only have rights and full protection of OBL and his harem in the security of our army bases.