Prior to trial: Shakeel Afridi demands rights in prison
Shakeel Afridi was arrested and charged with betraying his country after US troops killed bin Laden in May 2011.
File photo of Shakil Afridi. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
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.
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.