Pakistan’s Aafia Siddiqui and the elusive truth in a landscape of politicized narratives

A case that refuses to close reveals how power evades accountability

Originally published on Global Voices

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Image via Flickr by Jacob Freeze. CC BY 2.0.

The story of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist educated in the United States, has remained an open wound for Pakistan for over two decades. Aaafia gained international attention after her 2010 conviction in the United States and is now serving an 86-year prison sentence in Texas for attempted murder and other felonies.