Thu, 04 Feb 2010 | PressTV - Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Pakistan to protest against the US conviction of a Pakistani scientist.
The protesters chanted anti-American slogans and burnt the US flag after a New York jury found Aafia Siddiqui guilty of attempted murder.
Siddiqui was charged with shooting at her American interrogators in Afghanistan in 2008. Her lawyers have argued that there is no evidence to show Siddiqui had fired on her interrogators.
Human rights groups allege that Siddiqui had secretly been held and tortured at the infamous US base in Bagram, north of Kabul, for five years prior to the alleged 2008 incident.
Relatives of Siddiqui have slammed the US justice system for its ruling against the female Pakistani scientist.
The protesters chanted anti-American slogans and burnt the US flag after a New York jury found Aafia Siddiqui guilty of attempted murder.
Siddiqui was charged with shooting at her American interrogators in Afghanistan in 2008. Her lawyers have argued that there is no evidence to show Siddiqui had fired on her interrogators.
Human rights groups allege that Siddiqui had secretly been held and tortured at the infamous US base in Bagram, north of Kabul, for five years prior to the alleged 2008 incident.
Relatives of Siddiqui have slammed the US justice system for its ruling against the female Pakistani scientist.
