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Aafia Siddiqui case renews scrutiny of War on Terror detentions

Original: Aafia, Adiala, and the architecture of the War on Terror

Commentary is revisiting the case of Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist convicted in the United States of attempting to kill US personnel in Afghanistan, and linking it to conditions at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, where she could serve time if transferred. Writers frame both as symbols of the post-9/11 detention system, arguing the War on Terror's legal architecture still shapes Pakistani and American politics today.

Why now: Renewed debate over Aafia Siddiqui's possible repatriation to Pakistan has put the War on Terror's detention legacy back in the headlines.

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Aafia, Adiala, and the architecture of the War on Terror · middleeastmonitor.com

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